Athena is designed from scratch, so already during the development phase useless modules and services have been excluded in order to improve performance and resource consumption. Furthermore, this design approach allowed to review in detailed manner each single package and component to include inside the distribution. It led the OS to build a user-friendly environment, despite based on Arch Linux.
The heritage of Arch Linux impacts positively Athena OS:
- Better performance: pacman is faster than apt
- Focused: Athena can be developed and maintained down to the smallest detail
- Much more security tools: Athena can rely on BlackArch repository, that contains much more security tools than APT repositories
- Freedom: during the installation, you can configure your Athena with any resource or service you need.
- Documentation: Arch Linux is very well documented on Internet for any need
Athena's environment is based on GNOME Wayland that provide exciting features the user can enjoy!
Recommended system requirements for smooth usage in Athena are:
- 30 GB of hard disk space, SSD preferred
- At least 4GB of RAM
- Processor with at least two cores
Why Athena?
- Pentesting: Athena can access to BlackArch repository, the biggest pentesting tool warehouse.
- User-oriented: if Arch is born for experienced users, Athena is conceived for decreasing complexity and improving user experience.
- Lightweight: Athena optimizes the disk space consumption by retrieving the tools you need only when you use them. Tools you never use won't be stored and the space is only used for what you really need.
- Performance: Athena is based on Arch Linux so it is configured to load the bare minimum for its purpose. No useless services, no useless modules consuming your resources.
- Flexibility: for its Arch nature, Athena is flexible and can easily evolve to the new needs of the users.
Visit the Athena Linux Developments Team on GitHub:
https://github.com/Athena-OS/athena-iso