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ppNowadays, everyone uses Ubuntu, most people have used Fedora, and many folks have tried openSUSE. SimplyMEPIS ... not so many. That's a shame, because this relatively obscure Debian-based desktop distribution, is an outstanding desktop operating system. With SimplyMEPIS 8 at beta 5 and closing in on release, I tested the distribution and found it to be a keeper./ppThe full review is at a href=http://www.linux.com/feature/153431http://www.linux.com/feature/153431/a/p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F14204amp;title=Steven+Vaughn-Nichols+Review%3A+SimplyMEPIS+The+best+desktop+Linux+you+haven%27t+tried title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14204read more/a/p

Mon, 24 Nov 2008

ppKernel 2.6.27.7 has been packaged for MEPIS 8.0. This release of the kernel contains all of the recent kernel.org fixes and security patches./p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F14203amp;title=Updated+kernel+for+MEPIS+8.0 title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14203read more/a/p

Mon, 24 Nov 2008

ppspan style=font-weight:boldMorgantown, WV, Nov 11, 2008 --/span ISO files of the fifth beta of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 are available for 32 and 64 bit processors as SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.92-beta5_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.92-beta5_6/p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F14202amp;title=SimplyMEPIS+8.0+Beta+5+Updates+Several+Packages title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14202read more/a/p

Tue, 11 Nov 2008

ppTraditionally it was easy to mount a NTFS partition in MEPIS. Due to changes in ntfs-3g and other packages, in SimplyMEPIS 8 it has been necessary to mount the partition manually. Until now./p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F14201amp;title=Fix+for+Mounting+NTFS+Partitions title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14201read more/a/p

Mon, 3 Nov 2008

ppspan style=font-weight:boldMorgantown, WV, Oct 27, 2008 --/span ISO files of the fourth beta of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 are available for 32 and 64 bit processors as SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.91-beta4_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.91-beta4_64.iso./p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F14200amp;title=SimplyMEPIS+8.0+Beta+4+Adds+New+Broadcom+Support title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14200read more/a/p

Mon, 27 Oct 2008

ppspan style=font-weight:boldMorgantown, WV, US and Thessaloniki, Greece, August 22, 2008 --/span Anti and MEPIS announce the release of antiX MEPIS 7.5, Toussaint Louverture/p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F14193amp;title=AntiX+7.5+is+Now+Available title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14193read more/a/p

Sat, 23 Aug 2008

ppThe MEPIS forum has been merged with the a href=http://www.mepislovers.orgwww.mepislovers.org/a forum. The forum at this site is closed to new posts, though it remains available on a read-only basis./p/ppa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/14149read more/a/p

Thu, 18 Oct 2007

ppFrom DesktopLinux.com, Steven J. Vaughan-Nicholas pits Microsoft Vista against MEPIS in this this multi-part series to see how the pinnacle of commercial desktop operating systems stacks up against the free, community-developed Linux upstart./pp a target=_blank href=http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9727687530.htmlClick here/a to read the first part of the story, and follow the links at the bottom of each article to read all 4 installments./p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F13005amp;title=Software+Wars%2C+Vista+vs.+Linux title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/13005read more/a/p

Wed, 28 Feb 2007

ppRick Lehrbaum tested and compared the performance of seven Linux distros on an old IBM ThinkPad. SimplyMEPIS edged out the competition, receiving a perfect 20 out of 20 score. Click a target=_blank href=http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8654567451.htmlhere/a to read the whole story at desktoplinux.com. /p/pdiv class=service-linksdiv class=service-labelDigg it:/diva href=http://digg.com/submit?phase=2amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mepis.org%2Fnode%2F11377amp;title=SimplyMEPIS+6.0+Receives+Perfect+Score title=Digg this post on digg.com. rel=nofollowimg src=/modules/service_links/digg.png alt=digg //a/divpa href=http://www.mepis.org/node/11377read more/a/p

Thu, 5 Oct 2006