The developers have finally upgraded the OS to stable

Nov 2, 2014 20:26 GMT  ·  By

Simplicity Linux 14.10, a Linux distribution based on Slacko that uses the LXDE and KDE desktops and that comes with a few very distinct flavors, has been promoted to stable and is now available for download.

The new Simplicity Linux 14.10 release is based on Linux kernel 3.15.4 and is designed to be employed by regular users. It's not thought out only for people with a long experience on Linux and anyone can just pick it up and use it, especially because it comes with very distinct flavors.

Developers usually want to have different flavors powered by various desktop environments, but in the case of Simplicity Linux it's a little bit different. The flavors are differentiated by the level of complexity and by the purpose they serve. They feature different applications and they are designed for various uses.

Simplicity Linux 14.10 is all about options

Users can decide which version of Simplicity Linux they want between Netbook, Desktop, and X editions. They are different from one another and the name of each flavor indicates the target audience. The Netbook version is for people on the move, with not all that powerful systems, the Desktop edition features more default apps, and the X flavor is for people for who want to experiment.

"It uses the 3.15.4 kernel. Netbook and Desktop Editions both use LXDE as the desktop environment, and X Edition uses KDE 4.12.3. As usual, Netbook is our cutdown version, with mostly web based applications, which are made easily available from the Wbar dock. Desktop is our more full featured edition which features a host of beautiful wallpaper images preinstalled, as well as a lot of locally based applications such as Firefox, TOR Browser, Thunderbird, LibreOffice and Dropbox."

"X Edition is our experimental version, and as such not everything will work.  It is intended as a glimpse into what Simplicity Linux may become in the future.  As mentioned above, it uses KDE 4.12.3 as the desktop environment rather than LXDE.  It also leans more towards locally based applications rather than web based applications" reads the official announcement.

A complete list of changes, new features, and other fixes can be found in the official announcement. You can download Simplicity Linux 14.10 right now from Softpedia. The distribution is stable enough and can be run inside a virtual environment, like VirtualBox for example, if you want to test it beforehand.