The distro comes with GNOME 3.12 and Linux 3.14.32 kernel

Feb 14, 2015 06:19 GMT  ·  By

The Parsix GNU/Linux Project proudly announced a few minutes ago, February 14, that the first maintenance release of the Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0 (codename Nestor) computer operating system based on the Debian 7 Wheezy distribution has been officially released and is now available for download from its website or as an upgrade to existing Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0 users.

While the official announcement says that Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0r1 (Nestor) brings the latest stable GNOME desktop environment, we’ve noticed that it actually incorporates GNOME 3.12 with GNOME Shell 3.12.2, which are quite old releases. If you were living under a rock lately, you should know that the latest stable version of GNOME is 3.14.2, released in November 12, 2014.

Now in sync with the Debian 7 (Wheezy) repositories as of February 6, 2015

This brand-new release of Parsix GNU/Linux is powered by Linux kernel 3.14.32 (with BFS and TuxOnIce 3.3 patches), which is kind of outdated as the latest version of this LTS kernel is 3.14.33, but most probably it will be updated very soon. With an updated installer and support for UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) 64-bit computers, Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0r1 is now in sync with Debian Wheezy’s software repositories as of February 6, 2015.

Updated software packages include LibreOffice 3.5.4, Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.18, VLC Media Player 2.0.6, Chromium 37.0, GNU Iceweasel 35.0.1 (based on Mozilla Firefox 35.0.1), GIMP 2.8.2, Grisbi 1.0.0, Empathy 3.12.7, Gparted 0.12.1, GRUB 2, X.Org Server 1.14.7, and Glibc 2.13.

Available for download right now, right here

The Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0r1 (Nestor) operating system is distributed as two Live DVD ISO images supporting both 32 and 64-bit systems. The images have been compressed using the XZ and SquashFS technologies. Download Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0r1 right now from Softpedia and take a look at the screenshot tour below.

Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0r1 (10 Images)

Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0r1 desktop
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