...Every component is deliberately audited rather than inherited wholesale — unnecessary attack surface (Flatpak, unused GPU drivers, heavyweight optional dependencies) is stripped out, while genuinely useful tools run standalone: Kate, Dolphin, and KMag work cleanly on XFCE via KDE Frameworks 6 without requiring Plasma. Firefox and Chromium are both included as official Arch builds. BlackArch's security-tools repository is pre-configured for testers and researchers.
Live media boots without a password prompt (physical possession already grants that access); installed systems require full, real authentication.
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