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Simplicity Linux
Simplicity Linux was a Devuan-based distribution with Cinnamon as the default desktop environment (prior to 2020 it was based on Puppy Linux and Xfce). It comes in three editions: Mini, Desktop and Gaming. The Mini edition features cloud-based software, the Desktop flavour offers a collection of general-purpose software, and the Gaming variant includes a launcher for Steam games.
Status: Discontinued
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2007-03-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0-r1 Live CD |
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The Bluewhite64 project, which produces an unofficial 64-bit edition of Slackware Linux, has released a revised live CD, version 11.0-r1: "I am pleased to announce the first revision for the Bluewhite64 11.0 live CD. This release uses the AuFS (another Unionfs - great stability and features) along the Linux kernel version 2.6.20.1. Also, includes NTFS read/write support (ntfs-3g), DigiKam 0.9.0 for digital photo management, slackpkg 2.09 and qtswaret 0.1.5.3 for package management, Amarok 1.4.5, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 and much more. Also, with this release, the Lipstik style and theme will become the live CD default theme along with the nuvoX icons theme and Moodin (Engine) boot splash." Read the release announcement and changelog for further details. Download (MD5): Bluewhite64-11.0-LiveCD-r1.iso (701MB); also available via BitTorrent.
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Bluewhite Linux is an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 processor architectures.
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2009-11-16 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0 "LiveDVD" |
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Attila Crăciun has announced the release of the "LiveDVD" edition of Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0, Slackware-based live DVD (not installable) for 64-bit systems: "I'm happy to announce that a new version of Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0 'LiveDVD' is ready for download. This new version brings the option to boot the DVD into KDE 4.3.2, Xfce 4.6.1 or to the command-line interface. The live DVD is powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.31.5 with advanced features and optimized for performance. Also, you will find the award-winning K Desktop Environment version 4.3.2 and the Xfce 4.6.1, Firefox 3.5.5 and SeaMonkey 2.0 (including Flash and 64-bit Java plugins), Thunderbird and KMail e-mail clients, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, newly added SuperTuxKart and FooBillard games, Blender - an open source, cross platform suite of tools for 3D creation, the IA32 emulation to run 32-bit programs, Gambas, KMyMoney2, Scribus, WINE...." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): Bluewhite64-13.0-LiveDVD.iso (1,988MB, MD5).
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2009-09-09 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0 |
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Attila Crăciun has announced the release of Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0, an unofficial 64-bit port of Slackware Linux 13.0 with up-to-date KDE: "Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0 is released. This new version of Bluewhite64 brings many new and interesting features, improvements and packages updates. The first major change is a new and improved package format, we have switched to the LZMA compression algorithm to reduce the packages size and to improve the decompression speed. We have updated the X.Org Server to version 1.6.3, along with the drivers, libraries and utilities. Other important changes include a new generic Linux kernel 2.6.30.5 with more modules enabled; the new KDE 4.3.1 and Xfce 4.6.1 desktop environments; the Mozilla products (the latest versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey)...." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: Bluewhite64-13.0-DVD.iso (4,068MB, MD5).
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2009-03-09 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 "LiveDVD" |
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Attila Crăciun has announced the release of the "LiveDVD" edition of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture: "I have the joy announcing that Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 LiveDVD stable version is ready for download! Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 LiveDVD includes almost all programs from the Bluewhite64 Linux install DVD, and packages made by the Bluewhite64 Linux community. The LiveDVD is designed to run on a single or multi-core AMD64 and Intel EM64T servers and workstations. Since Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2-BETA LiveDVD, we have added new packages and updated some of the already installed ones which fix one or more security issues. The LiveDVD is powered by the Linux Kernel 2.6.27.10 with advanced features and is optimized for performance. Also, you will find the default window manager, K Desktop Environment, version 4.2...." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download: Bluewhite64-12.2-LiveDVD.iso (2,520MB, torrent, MD5).
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2008-12-15 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 |
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Attila Crăciun has announced the release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture: "Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 brings new features and important updates since the previous release. Some of them includes new Linux kernel 2.6.27.7 with advanced features and a new feature to install Bluewhite64 Linux via Samba shares. Also, this release includes newly added packages like pm-utils (power management utilities), SQLite 3.6.6.2 (simple, self contained database engine) and wich (wired and wireless network manager for Linux). Some of the updated packages include KDE 3.5.10 and Xfce 4.4.3 desktop environments, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 and SeaMonkey 1.1.13 web browsers, and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 and KMail 1.9.9 email clients." Read the rest of the release announcement and release notes for additional details. Download: Bluewhite64-12.2-install-dvd.iso (4,083MB, MD5, torrent).
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2008-10-07 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1R1 "LiveDVD" |
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Attila Crăciun has announced the release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1R1 "LiveDVD", a Slackware-based live DVD for 64-bit processors: "New revised version of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1R1 'KDE3 LiveDVD' is available. Also, we are introducing a Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1R1 'KDE4 LiveDVD'. The 'KDE3 LiveDVD' has received important security and stability updates. These updates include new versions of the KDE, X.Org, Pidgin, ALICE, OpenSSH and OpenSSL, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, BIND, Amarok and many more. New feature, BW64installer, which is a GUI installation program for installing Bluewhite64 Linux Live to a hard drive, has been added. Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1R1 'KDE4 LiveDVD' contains KDE 4.1.2 with dependencies and some extra KDE 4 packages created by the Bluewhite64 community." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Bluewhite64-12.1-KDE3-LiveDVD-R1.iso (1,872MB, MD5, torrent), Bluewhite64-12.1-KDE4-LiveDVD-R1.iso (1,911MB, MD5, torrent).
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2008-08-26 |
Development Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 RC1 "KDE4 LiveDVD" |
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Attila Craciun has announced a new edition of Bluewhite64 Linux, a Slackware-based distribution recompiled for the x86_64 architecture. This is the first 64-bit live DVD containing the recently released Slackware implementation of KDE 4.1: "I have the joy announcing a new version of the Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 KDE4 LiveDVD RC 1. This release is built on a fresh install of the standard version of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 and includes all patched packages from the patches directory and the newly released KDE 4.1. Also, in addition to this release, we have added KDE4 applications like Amarok 1.90, Guidance Power Manager 4.1.0, Krusader 2.0.0, KTorrent 3.1.2, KDE3 runtime libraries, and much more." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: Bluewhite64-12.1-KDE4-LiveDVD-RC1.iso (1,912MB, MD5).
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2008-05-27 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 "LiveDVD" |
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Attila Craciun has announced the availability of the "LiveDVD" edition of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture: "I am delighted to announce the availability of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 'LiveDVD' and Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 'LiveUSB'. The new Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 LiveDVD includes the stable SMP Linux kernel 2.6.24.7 with advanced features and performance. The LiveDVD is designed to bring a modern Linux desktop to the AMD64/EM64T architectures; it includes a modularized X.Org 1.4.0.90 (7.3) with Compiz, the award-winning KDE 3.5.9 in 65 languages, OpenOffice.org 2.3, Firefox 2.0.0.14 (Flash-ready) and Konqueror (Flash and Java-ready) web browsers, Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 and KMail 1.9.9 mail clients, Swaret 1.6.3 and Qtswaret 0.1.5 package managers, IA32 emulation to run 32-bit programs, and many more server and desktop programs and tools." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): Bluewhite64-12.1-LiveDVD.iso (1,620MB).
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2008-05-04 |
Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 |
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Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture, has been released: "Bluewhite64 Linux has reached version 12.1. Many changes, upgrades, new feature additions and improvements have been done since version 12.0. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup, a network capable (FTP and HTTP, not only NFS) installer, and two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.2 and KDE 3.5.9. We have added support for HAL (the hardware Abstraction Layer) which allows the system administrator to add users to the 'cdrom' and 'plugdev' groups." Read the full release announcement for more information. Download: bluewhite64-12.1-install-dvd.iso (4,112MB, MD5). The official Bluewhite64 DVD is also available for purchase (€19.95).
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2008-04-22 |
Development Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 RC2 |
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The second release candidate for Bluewhite64 Linux, a Slackware-based distribution for the x86_64 architectures, is out and ready for testing: "We have reached the second release candidate of the upcoming stable release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1. Since the first RC, we have upgraded the Linux kernel to version 2.6.24.5, added the latest stable Linux Kernel 2.6.25 to the testing area and made it available as a test.s kernel during installation. Also, added the IA32 emulation for those who need to run 32-bit programs, this can be found in the extra software repository. Many other small cosmetic fixes have been merged." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation DVD image from here: bluewhite64-12.1-rc2-install-dvd.iso (1,785MB, MD5).
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