Simplicity Linux 16.07 is Released, Download Now

Simplicity Linux is an open source remix of the Puppy Linux operating system with a lot of the bloat cut out. It is built around the lightweight Xfce desktop environment and based on the Slacko Puppy distribution. It includes all the functionality that Puppy Linux should have had installed by default, providing users with both a minimalistic and fast Linux-based operating system that is suitable for low-end machines.

Distributed in multiple editions, as Live CDs
The system is distributed in four editions, Desktop, Netbook and X. Each edition has its own target audience and tries to provide users with only the best software packages and features that can not be found in the default Puppy Linux Slacko distribution.

All of them are available for download as hybrid Live CD ISO images that can be deployed to USB flash drives or blank CD discs. They feature the same boot prompt that is used on the upstream Puppy Linux release, allowing users to press the F2 or F3 keys for advanced options.

What's new in Simplicity Linux 16.07

As with recent versions of Simplicity, Mini and Desktop are based on the excellent LXPup and uses LXDE as the desktop environment. However, as an experiment, X is based on Debian via the fantastic AntiX distro. It uses LXDE as the desktop environment like Mini and Desktop, but as far as features go, it is closer to Mini.
As with our previous releases, Mini (Previously Simplicity Linux Netbook Edition) is our heavily cut down version. It comes with Flash preinstalled along with the latest version of Firefox. Desktop is our fully featured distribution, based on the same base as Mini but rather than web based applications; it comes loaded with Flash, Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, GIMP, and Mplayer.
As mentioned earlier, you can test our most experimental version of Simplicity Linux to date, X 16.07. This version is still in the very early stages of development. It is based on the excellent AntiX, which in turn is Debian based. Whilst we still have a lot of love for Puppy Linux and all it’s derivatives, sometimes it’s hard to make certain packages work, especially newer packages. This is just the first test of whether or not we’re going to move to a Debian base for Simplicity, a version of Mini. For 16.10 we’re planning on building a Desktop edition. However at the moment, it is just a sneak peek at a direction Simplicity Linux may move towards in the future, and we’d love for our users to try it out and let us know what you think