Parsix GNU/Linux project is planning to shutdown

Parsix GNU/Linux team has announced their plan to shutdown the project, 6 months after release of Debian 9.0 Stretch. Thus Parsix will join hundreds of other GNU/Linux distributions died in their young ages.

Most of the GNU/Linux distributions in the past used to shutdown due to lack of financial and human resources or due to lack of upstream support. Though Parsix team has not mentioned explicit reason for shutting down the project.

The main purpose of Parsix was to provide an optimized desktop experience on top of stable Debian release in combination with latest GNOME release. The project was a success in accomplishing it's mission.

Parsix GNU/Linux project is going to shut down six months after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 a.k.a Stretch. Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 (Nev) will be fully supported during this time and users should be able to upgrade their installations to Debian Stretch without any significant issues. We will make all necessary changes, and updates to ensure a smooth transition to Debian Stretch. We take this moment to thank all users and community members who supported this project throughout the years by using Parsix, making donations or spending their time to improve it. A more accurate time line will be announced once we have more information in regards to the official release date of Debian Stretch.

See original termination plan announcement in Parsix news page.

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Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10 released

The Parsix team has unveiled Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10, latest stable release of Debian based GNU/Linux distribution that offers best and latest GNOME experience along with latest linux kernel. This release of Parsix will be known by the code name Erik.

Parsix 8.10, which is based on Debian 8.x Jessy series brings all updated packages from Jessy till 30th of July and additionally it offers Linux Kernel 4.4.16, GNOME 3.20.3 and several other updated packages.

We are pleased to announce that the final version of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10 code name Erik is available now.

This version ships with GNOME 3.20.3, a new kernel based on Linux 4.4.16 and tons of updated and upgraded packages.

Parsix 8.10 has been built on top of rock solid Debian Jessie (8.0) platform and all base packages have been synchronized with Debian Jessie repositories as of July 30, 2016.

You can find an official release announcement in Parsix Users mailing list.

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Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5r1 and 8.10-TEST-1 are available now

Parsix GNU/Linux team has declared availability of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5r1 and 8.10-TEST-1 which are latest stable and testing images respectively. Parsix is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian stable with the aim of providing a laptop optimized operating system featuring latest stable release of GNOME Desktop.

Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5 (code name Atticus) ships with stable GNOME 3.18 desktop environment and an updated kernel. This version has been synchronized with Debian Jessie repositories as of February 13 2016. Parsix Atticus ships with LibreOffice 4.3.3 productivity suit. Highlights: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Firefox 45.0.2, GParted 0.19.0, Empathy 3.12.11, LibreOffice 4.3.3, VirtualBox 4.3.36 and a kernel based on Linux 4.1.22 with TuxOnIce 3.3, BFS and other extra patches. Live DVD has been compressed using SquashFS and XZ.

Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10 (code name Erik) ships with stable GNOME 3.20 desktop environment and a brand new kernel. This version has been synchronized with Debian Jessie repositories as of April 27 2016. Parsix Erik ships with LibreOffice 4.3.3 productivity suit by default. Highlights: GNOME Shell 3.20.1, GRUB 2, Firefox 45.0.2, GParted 0.19.0, Empathy 3.12.11, LibreOffice 4.3.3, VirtualBox 4.3.36 and a brand new kernel based on Linux 4.4.8 with TuxOnIce 3.3, BFS and other extra patches. Live DVD has been compressed using SquashFS and XZ.

For more information, see detailed release notes for Parsix 8.5r1 and Parsix 8.10-TEST-1, published by Parsix team.

Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5 Review

Parsix is a Debian stable based GNU/Linux distribution with additional tweaks and customization to improve usability. The goal of Parsix project is to provide a ready to use, easy to install, desktop and laptop optimized operating system with latest stable release of GNOME Desktop.

New issue of distrowatch weekly(03/04/2016) comes with a review of Parsix 8.5. In this review, reviewer is trying to figure out how Parsix is different from other Debian based distributions which comes with usability improvements.

Parsix 8.5 Desktop

Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5 is desktop-friendly distribution based on Debian. Built on Debian's Stable branch, Parsix comes with a useful selection of applications and some nice customizations, but so do many of the other Debian-based and Ubuntu-based distributions. So what exactly is Parsix's niche? What does it do better than its competition? I downloaded the 1.3GB 64-bit ISO and gave Parsix 8.5 a trial run in order to try to find out.

Booting from the Parsix ISO provides six options: "Boot or Install Parsix" with text mode, failsafe video, and failsafe alternative boot/install options; "Test CD for Defects"; and "Boot from First Hard Disk." After using the "Test CD for Defects" option to check the ISO for errors, I selected the standard "Boot or Install Parsix" option, which resulted in a fairly quick load time. The GNOME desktop was ready to use and the installer was readily available on the desktop.

See complete review in DistroWatch weekly.