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Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 Officially Released, Based on Debian Jessie, GNOME 3.22

The distro is powered by the Linux 4.4 LTS kernel

Jan 25, 2017 22:18 GMT  ·  By
Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0
   Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0

The development team behind the Debian-based Parsix GNU/Linux operating system are proud to announce today, January 25, 2017, the general availability of the Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 "Nev" release.

Powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel series (Linux kernel 4.4.44 LTS ships with this first stable release of the new series) and based on the Debian GNU/Linux 8.7 "Jessie" software repositories, Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0 is shipping with the GNOME 3.22 desktop environment using the GNOME Shell 3.22.2 user interface.

The pre-installed Linux 4.4.44 LTS kernel is patched with extra features, including TuxOnIce and BFS (Brain F*** Scheduler). The 64-bit edition of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0 can be installed on modern UEFI computers, and the Live ISO images have been compressed using the latest XZ and SquashFS compression algorithms.

"Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 (code name Nev) ships with stable GNOME 3.22 desktop environment and an updated kernel. This version has been synchronized with Debian Jessie repositories as of January 23 2017. Parsix Nev ships with LibreOffice 4.3.3 productivity suit by default," reads today's announcement.

Highlights of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0

Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0 "Nev" comes with a bunch of recent Open Source technologies, including the GRUB 2 bootloader, Mozilla Firefox 50.1 and Chromium 55.0 web browsers, Glibc (GNU C Library) 2.19, GIMP 2.8.14 image editor, VLC Media Player 2.2.1, Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.194, and LibreOffice 4.3.3 office suite.

X.Org Server 1.16.4 display server is used by default, and users with Nvidia or AMD Radeon graphics cards can install the Nvidia 340.96 or ATI Catalyst 15.12 proprietary drivers from the distribution's official repositories. The Gparted 0.19.0, VirtualBox 4.3.36, Empathy 3.12.12, and Grisbi 1.0.1 apps are also included.

Users of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10 "Erik" can upgrade to Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0 "Nev" today using the "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" command in a terminal emulator. And if you want to reinstall the OS or deploy it on new PCs, you can now download the Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15r0 64-bit and 32-bit Live ISO images right now from our website.