• • • • • • •
 • Home Page, Headlines
 • DW Weekly, Comments
 • Packages, Package Management
 • Glossary, FAQ, Mobile Site 		 • Search, Sitemap
 • Major Distributions
 • Submit Distribution
 • Upcoming Releases
  • About DistroWatch
 • Page Hit Ranking
 • Advertise
 • Torrent Downloads

Simplicity Linux RSS Feed DistroWatch.com: Simplicity Linux

Simplicity Linux

Last Update: 2020-05-01 08:15 UTC

Simplicity Linux is 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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 100 (127), 6 months: 163 (57), 3 months: 205 (37), 4 weeks: 201 (37), 1 week: 195 (37)

Average visitor rating: 5.5/10 from 6 review(s).


Simplicity Summary
Distribution Simplicity Linux
Home Page http://simplicitylinux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation --
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplicitylinux/files/ •
DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites  
Reviews
Where To Buy

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2020-05-01: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 20.4
 • 2020-02-04: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 20.1
 • 2019-08-23: Development Release: Simplicity 19.10 Alpha 1
 • 2016-07-31: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 16.07
 • 2016-05-04: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 16.04
 • 2016-03-31: Development Release: Simplicity Linux 16.04 Beta
 • 2016-02-29: Development Release: Simplicity Linux 16.04 Alpha
 • 2016-02-01: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 16.01
 • 2015-10-26: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 15.10
 • 2015-08-04: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 15.7
 • 2015-07-01: Development Release: Simplicity Linux 15.7 Beta
 • 2015-04-30: Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 15.4
 • More Simplicity releases...

  Headlines:
 •2016-11-04 Simplicity switching base
 • More Simplicity headlines...

Table Notes and Explanations

(Please refer to the table below.)
  • Select view:
  • To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.
  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
TUXEDO
TUXEDO Computers
Get your Linux laptop at TUXEDO Computers today! Choose from a wide variety of Linux laptops with both AMD Ryzen and Intel Core i processors. All coming pre-installed and ready-to-run with Ubuntu or openSUSE. Full 24 months of warranty included!

TUXEDOComputers.com

Star Labs

Star Labs Systems | Laptops designed for Linux

Star Labs - Laptops built for Linux.
View our range including the new Star Lite Mk III, Star LabTop Mk IV and more. Available with a choice of Ubuntu, elementary OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro or Zorin OS pre-installed with many more distributions supported. Visit Star Labs for information, to buy and get support.

Free Tech Guides

NEW! Programming Cheat Sheet Bundle



NEW! 20 cheatsheets containing Arduino commands, CSS3 properties, HTML essentials, JavaScript commands, Python RegEx shortcuts, Raspberry Pi commands, SQL commands and Visual Studio code shortcuts

Learn Linux Quickly

Learn Linux Quickly

Shells.com

Shells.com - Your Personal Workspace in the Cloud

Your own personal Linux computer in the cloud, available on any device. Supported operating systems include Android, Debian, Fedora, KDE neon, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Manjaro and Ubuntu, ready in minutes.

Starting at US$4.95 per month, 7-day money-back guarantee


Feature 20.4 16.07 15.10 14.10 13.10
Release Date 2020-04-30 2016-07-31 2015-10-26 2014-10-31 2013-10-17
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 500-1200 300-600      
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Cinnamon LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE
Package Management DEB Gslapt Gslapt Gslapt Gslapt
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386 i386
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3
Multilingual -- -- -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 20.4 16.07 15.10 14.10 13.10
Package 20.4 16.07 15.10 14.10 13.10
biword (3.0.4) -- 3.0.0 -- 3.0.0 --
alsa-lib (1.2.4) 1.1.8 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25
ati-driver (20.45) -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.1) 5.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
bind (9.17.11) -- -- -- -- --
chromium (89.0.4389.128) 81.0.4044.113 -- 44.0.2403.157 -- --
cups (2.3.3) -- 1.4.8 1.4.8 1.4.8 1.6.2
dhcp (4.4.2) -- -- -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.46.2) 1.44.5 1.42.8 1.42.9 1.42.8 1.42.5
firefox (87.0) -- 24.6.0 -- 31.0 --
freetype (2.10.4) 2.9.1 2.5.0.1 2.5.2 2.5.0.1 2.4.11
gcc (10.3.0) 8.3.0 4.8.2 -- 4.8.2 --
gimp (2.10.24) 2.10.8 2.8.6 -- -- --
glibc (2.33) 2.28 2.17 2.19 2.17 2.15
gnome-shell (40.0) -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (4.5) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.49) -- 1.10.17 -- 1.10.17 --
grub (2.04) -- 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97
gtk (4.2.0) 3.24.5 2.24.20 2.24.23 2.24.20 2.24.17
httpd (2.4.46) -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.0.2) -- 0.36.3 -- -- --
k3b (20.12.3) -- -- -- -- --
kmod (28) 26 15 15 15 --
krita (4.4.3) -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.1.2) 6.1.5 5.0.1 5.0.2 4.3.1 4.0.2
linux (5.11.13) 5.6.4 4.0.4 4.1.1 3.15.4 3.9.9
Package 20.4 16.07 15.10 14.10 13.10
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.0 -- -- -- 0.5.12
mariadb (10.5.9) -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.24.1) -- -- -- -- --
mesa (21.0.2) 18.3.6 9.1.7 10.1.3 9.1.7 9.1.3
mysql (8.0.23) -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (40.0) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (460.67) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- 3.5.0
openjdk (16) -- -- -- -- --
openssh (8.5p1) 7.9p1 -- 6.6p1 -- 6.1p1
openssl (1.1.1k) 1.1.1d 1.0.1h 1.0.1f 1.0.1l 1.0.0c
perl (5.32.1) 5.28.1 5.18.1 5.18.2 5.18.1 5.14.2
php (8.0.3) -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.21.4) -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.5.10) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (13.2) -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.9.4) 3.7.3 -- 2.7.5 2.6.4 2.7.4
qt (6.0.3) 5.11.3 -- -- 4.8.2 4.8.2
samba (4.14.2) -- 3.0.37 3.0.37 3.0.37 3.0.37
systemd (248) -- -- 204 -- --
thunderbird (78.9.1) 68.7.0 38.6.0 38.3.0 -- --
vim (8.2) 8.1 -- -- -- --
vlc (3.0.12.1) -- -- 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.0.8
xfdesktop (4.16.0) -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (1.20.11) 1.20.4 1.14.3 1.15.1 1.14.3 1.13.3

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for Simplicity Linux

Average rating
5.5
from 6 review(s)


What are your thoughts on Simplicity Linux?
Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system.
Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review.

Version:

Rating:    out of 10

Comments (maximum 2,040 characters):



Past reviews - sort by:

Version: 20.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2020-05-10
Votes: 5


 I´m running Simplicity Linux Desktop 20.4 from a 7.6GB-USB - persistent install via Savefile.
It is amazing how low the system ressources consumtion is - only 432MB-RAM used - having in mind, that this distro is using a modern desktop (cinnamon 3.8.8).


Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 20.4
Rating: 2
Date: 2020-04-30
Votes: 4


 Would not boot Desktop Edition on PNY USB burned with dd (no errors). MD5SUM verified. Desktop computer is BIOS/MBR so no chance of UEFI related issues. Burned to DVD and it booted, but boot splash is not up to date, showing "Debian" instead of Devuan, and "Buster Dog"... I guess from previous Puppy based version. Did not boot to graphical desktop, just root@live# prompt. Tried startx but that didn't work. Waste of time and DVD.


Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 20.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2020-02-19
Votes: 1


 I tested the "Mini"- Vision and it worked out of the box on a Sandisk USB Flash Drive. You don't need a HD. Streaming worked without problems including Sound too. You can start it every time "fresh" or you can save your changes too after creating a Savefile similar to Puppy Linux. 10 Points.


Was this review helpful? Yes No

See all 6 reader reviews of Simplicity Linux...

Copyright (C) 2001 - 2021 Atea Ataroa Limited. All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy policy. Change privacy settings.
DistroWatch.com is hosted at Copenhagen.

Contact, corrections and suggestions: Jesse Smith
Tips: BTC bc1qtede6f7adcce4kjpgx0e5j68wwgtdxrek2qvc4 • XMR 86fA3qPTeQtNb2k1vLwEQaAp3XxkvvvXt69gSG5LGunXXikK9koPWZaRQgfFPBPWhMgXjPjccy9LA9xRFchPWQAnPvxh5Le • PayPal.me/distrowatchweekly