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Contents 1 Introduction 2 AbiWord 3 Amarok 4 Aqualung 5 Ardour 6 aMSN 7 Avant Window Manager 8 Avidemux 9 Celestia 10 Compiz 11 Compiz-Fusion 12 CompizConfigSettingsManager 13 Deluge 14 Digikam 15 DOSBox 16 Emerald 17 FFMpeg+Dependencies 18 Firefox 19 Fontmatrix 20 Fotoxx 21 Gens 22 Gimp 23 GnoTime 24 GnuCash 25 GNUGo 26 Gparted 27 GTK-Gnutella 28 GTKWave 29 Gwenview 30 Hedgewars 31 Icedove 32 Kdenlive 33 KlamAV 34 KompoZer 35 Kommander 36 Ktorrent 37 Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS) 38 Mednafen 39 Pidgin 40 ProjectM + ProjectM-libvisual plugin 41 NdisGTK 42 Quanta Plus 43 QGo 44 Qtractor 45 Rosegarden 46 Screenlets 47 SMPlayer 48 soundKonverter 49 Stella 50 The Gimp 51 Tcl8.5 52 Tk8.5 53 Wicd in a Box 54 Wine 55 Wormux

Introduction

Here is a list of the packages developed and distributed by MEPIS community members. Please post any problems or questions in the original package thread on the MepisLovers Package Sharing forum.

Packagers: if upgrading a package already on the list, please change the existing entry instead of making a new entry. And it would be great if you could place your entry in its correct alphabetical position!

For a new entry: copy and paste this template:

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*Description:
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AbiWord

• Version: 2.6.3
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: light-weight word processor
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15447

Amarok

• Version: 1.4.9.1
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: versatile and easy to use audio player for KDE3
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15173 post 12
  • Note: Also requires you update libmtp.
  • 32-bit stock libmtp version: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15705 by GroundZero

Aqualung

• Version: 0.9~beta9.1
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a gapless audio player that can connect to OSS, ALSA, and JACK, as well as run in realtime-mode
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15225
  • Note: This package also requires the updated JACK from the following thread: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15435

Ardour

• Version: 2.4.1
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: digital audio workstation
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15299
  • Note: This package also requires the updated JACK from the following thread: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15435

aMSN

• Version: 0.98b
• Creator: votequimby
• Description: a Windows Live Messenger clone licensed under the GPL. This version allows for antialiasing in conjunction with tk8.5
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14428

Avant Window Manager

• Version: 0.2.6-7
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Eye candy dock requiring Compiz.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16101

Avidemux

• Version: 2.4.1
• Creator: Stevo, Bendemann
• Description: A small video editing software for avi files (especially Xvid)
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14038

Celestia

• Version: 1.50
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Dynamic 3D Space Exploration, many addons available
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15246

Compiz

• Version: 0.7.6
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: An X11 compositor allowing compositing desktop effects for window management. This package include the kde-window-decorator for compiz.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15883

Compiz-Fusion

• Version: 0.7.6
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: A collection of plugins and effects for the compiz window manager
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15883

CompizConfigSettingsManager

• Version: 0.7.6
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: An advanced configuration tool written in python for compiz and compiz-fusion
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15883

Deluge

• Version: 0.5.9.3
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: lightweight BitTorrent client, possibly can thwart ISP "jamming"
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16130

Digikam

• Version: 9.3.2
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: powerful digital photo management application
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15188

DOSBox

• Version: 0.72
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a DOS emulator
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14716

Emerald

• Version: 0.7.6
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: a window decorator for compiz that supports a large range of effects; i.e. transparency.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15883

FFMpeg+Dependencies

• Version: cvs20080408
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a command line tool for video conversion
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15339

Firefox

• Version: 3
• Creator: votequimby
• Description: a web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16031

Fontmatrix

• Version: 0.4.2
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: font manager utililty
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14608

Fotoxx

• Version: 0.4.7
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Program for improving digital images
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15971

Gens

• Version: 2.15.2
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a Genesis/MegaDrive emulator
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15969

Gimp

See: The Gimp

GnoTime

• Version: 2.3.0
• Creator: kmathern
• Description: to-do list/diary/journal tool that can track the amount of time spent on projects.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16067

GnuCash

• Version: 2.2.5-1
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Personal finance tracking program.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15628

GNUGo

• Version: 3.7.11
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: an AI to play the ancient strategy game of Go against, to be used with a front end such as QGo further down the page
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14714

Gparted

• Version: 0.3.6
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: GUI tool for managing disk partitions
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15302

GTK-Gnutella

• Version: 0.96.5
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: GTK based front end to Gnutella file sharing network.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15835

GTKWave

• Version: 3.1.10
• Creator: kmathern
• Description: a VCD (Value Change Dump) file waveform viewer
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showpost.php?p=126514&postcount=3

Gwenview

• Version: 1.42
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: image viewer for the K Desktop Environment
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12593

• • Since Gwenview has been upgraded to 1.42 in the official repository, this package is deprecated...

Hedgewars

• Version: 0.9.3
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: turn-based platform strategy game in the vein of Wormux, etc.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15480

Icedove

• Version: 2.0.0.12-1(thunderbird 2.0.0.14)
• Creator: Yamal
• Description: Icedove is an unbranded Thunderbird mail client
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15456

Kdenlive

• Version: 0.5++svn
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Non-linear video editor.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14382 Must use ffmpeg from the Debian Multimedia repository.
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14382 Post 14 Kdenlive that works with Ground_Zero's ffmpeg package.

KlamAV

• Version: 0.4.3
• Creator: mjdude23
• Description: KDE frontend for ClamAV
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15967

KompoZer

• Version: 0.7.10
• Creator: timkb4cq
• Description: updated version of the web page editor Nvu
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13376
  • 64-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13376

Kommander

• Version: 1.30
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Easy GUI creator and executor for command line programs.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14880

Ktorrent

• Version: 2.27
• Creator: mjdude23
• Description: bittorrent client for KDE
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15919

Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS)

• Version: 0.3.2
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: an audio/MIDI sequencer with a different interface and reverse-engineered VST support
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15063
  • Note: This package also requires the updated JACK from the same thread

Mednafen

• Version: 0.8.7
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a multi-system emulator
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14712

Pidgin

• Version: 2.4.2
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: Multi-protocol instant messenger client
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=123940#post123940
  • 64-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=123940#post123940 in Post #4

ProjectM + ProjectM-libvisual plugin

• Version: 1.1
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: an OpenGL music visualization library, and the libvisual plugin for amaroK and other libvisual enabled media players
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15242

NdisGTK

• Version: 0.8.3-1
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: GUI Management of Windows WiFi drivers for use in Linux.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15798

Quanta Plus

• Version: 3.5.9-2
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: KDE's Web development program.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15645

QGo

• Version: 1.5.4-r2
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a Qt GUI Go board program which can be used to play against GNUGo or other AIs, play on a Go server online, or view and edit Go game files
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14714

Qtractor

• Version: 0.1.3
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: an audio/midi sequencer
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15434
  • Note: This package also requires the updated JACK from the following thread: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15435

Rosegarden

• Version: 1.7.0
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15435
  • Note: This package also requires the updated JACK from the same thread.

Screenlets

• Version: 0.1.2
• Creator: mjdude23
• Description: A widget engine that can take advantage of a compositioning engine and can use the Compiz Widget layer
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15983
  • 64-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15983

SMPlayer

• Version: 0.61-SVN-1506
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: a great front end to Mplayer. Can play most anything, and remember each file's settings. Now with an audio equalizer.
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16165

soundKonverter

• Version: 0.3.8
• Creator: mjdude23
• Description: audio converter frontend for KDE
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15959

Stella

• Version: 2.4.2
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a portable emulator of the old Atari 2600 video-game console
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14711
  • 64-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14711

The Gimp

• Version: 2.4.6
• Creator: Stevo
• Description: full-featured image manipulation program
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15826
  • 64-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15826

Tcl8.5

• Version: 8.5.2
• Creator: votequimby
• Description: scripting language
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14428

Tk8.5

• Version: 8.5.1
• Creator: votequimby
• Description: graphical toolkit for the tcl scripting language
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14428

Wicd in a Box

• Version: 1.42
• Creator: Roadblock
• Description: files needed to install Wicd on MEPIS
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14535

Wine

• Version: 1.0-rc5
• Creator: mjdude23
• Description: a free MS-Windows API implementation
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15992
  • 64-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15992

Wormux

• Version: 0.8
• Creator: GroundZero
• Description: a 2D turn-based platform strategy game of "convivial mass-murder"
• Packages:
  • 32-bit: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15474