Basalt SPO company announced the output of the SIMPLY LINUX 9.1 distribution, built on the basis of the ninth Alt platform. The product applies within the framework of a license agreement that does not transfer the right to distribute the distribution, but allows without restrictions to use the system to individuals and legal entities. Distribution Comes In assemblies for architectures x86_64, i586, aarch64, armh (armv7a), MIPSEL, RISCV64, E2KV4 / E2K (beta) and can work on systems with 512 MB RAM.
Simply Linux is Simple work system with a classic XFCE 4.14-based work desk, which provides a complete rusification of the interface and most applications. Distribution is designed for home systems and corporate workstations. The composition includes a set of more than thirty applications, specially selected taking into account the preferences of Russian users, as well as an advanced set of drivers and codecs.
The distribution components are noted by the Linux 5.10 kernel (5.4 for E2K *, 4.9 for NVIDIA Jetson Nano, 4.4 for MCOM-02 / Salute EL24PM2), Batch Manager RPM 4.13, SystemD System Manager 246.13, Browser Chromium 89 on x86 (Firefox ESR 52.9.0 for E2K * and 78.10.0 for other architectures), mail client Thunderbird 78.8.0 (52.9.1 on E2K *), LibreOffice Package 7.0.5.2 “Still” (6.3.0.3 on E2K *), graphic Editor GIMP 2.10.18, Audacious 3.10.1 Music Player 3.10.1, Client for instant messaging Pidgin 2.13.0, VLC Multimedia Player 3.0.11.1 (Celluloid 0.18 for AARCH64 and MIPSEL), Wine 5.20 (x86 only), graphic subsystem Xorg-Server 1.20.8 and Mesa 20.3.5, NetworkManager-based network management 1.18.10.
In the new release among various improvements and fixes added support for the graphic VULKAN for X86 systems; Stabilized UEFI support on ARM platforms; The OBS-Studio package is added to the packet list.
Images for x86 are hybrid and support UEFI (SecureBoot can not be disconnected); Pay attention to Recommendations by writing to bootable media. The full image contains the facilitated LiveCD refined, and separate LiveCD is equipped with the possibility of installation. You can download the release from ftp.altlinux.org , Yandex mirrors and other Mirrors . Torrent files for ISO images are available on torrent.altlinux.org (x86_64, i586, aarch64; Look for “SLinux-9.1”).