Semplice Linux 7 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 3.19.3, Based on Debian 8.0

The entire Openbox environment has been redesigned

  Semplice Linux 7

Eugenio Paolantonio announced on April 8, 2015, the immediate availability for download of his Semplice 7 Linux operating system, a Debian Sid-based distribution powered by the latest Linux 3.19.3 kernel and built around the Openbox window manager.

Dubbed Comfortably Numb, Semplice 7 brings a revamped user interface, sporting the Moka icon theme and a custom Zukitre theme, and ships with the latest software packages from the Debian Sid repositories as of April 5, 2015.

However, the biggest feature of Simplice 7 Linux is the new vera desktop environment, which, in fact, is a plugin-oriented GTK+ 3 desktop environment created from scratch by Eugenio Paolantonio and the development team behind this lightweight distribution.

"Every revolution starts with a small step. Semplice 7 is ours," says Eugenio Paolantonio. "Since our first release 5 years ago, our goal was to create an innovative and lightweight operating system and not being a "me-too" Openbox-based distribution like many are showing up lately."

Pragha replaces Exaile and Iceweasel replaces Chromium

In addition to the above, Semplice 7 replaces the Exaile audio player with Pragha Music Player, adds a Menu module for MPRIS2 media players, introduces a new Control Center app, and adds Iceweasel as the default web browser, replacing Chromium.

The vera desktop environment comes with several built-in tools, such as a new screenshot utility, new power management indicator, as well as a new keyboard-driven launcher. There's also a new interactive tutorial that helps users learn the basics of Semplice.

Last but not least, the PCManFM file manager has been compiled against the GTK+ 3 GUI toolkit, the Pulseaudio sound server is now enabled by default, and support for Web App has been removed from the distribution.

Numerous other under-the-hood improvements, updates to core components, bugfixes, and translation updates have been implemented in the new Semplice Linux release. Download Semplice 7 right now from Softpedia.