SimplyMEPIS 2004.06 Now Available

Morgantown, WV; December 15, 2004: MEPIS LLC has released SimplyMEPIS 2004.06. This latest CD adds font support for Simplified Chinese and Japanese. Additional CJ support is planned. Other CD improvements include an updated GRUB bootloader for better hardware compatibility and updated parted and qtparted for improved disk formatting support during installation.

An updated version of alsa-modules for kernel 2.6 is preinstalled and also available in the MEPIS pool. meauto and meauto-data have been improved for better hardware compatibility, especially for sound card support. Due to a previous conflict with another package, meauto should not be updated directly. Current users of SimplyMEPIS can perform a key function update, including meauto, by running from a root commandline:
apt-get update
apt-get install simplymepis
or doing the equivalent from kpackage or synaptic. Anyone who has modified their apt configuration and anyone who has performed a "dist-upgrade" no longer has a standard MEPIS configuration and may encounter problems using the updated simplymepis metapackage.

SimplyMEPIS is a complete desktop Linux that fetures the KDE 3.2.3 desktop, OpenOffice 1.1.2, Mozilla 1.7.2, GIMP2, Xine, and many other applications to give the desktop user everything needed to quickly become productive in the SimplyMEPIS desktop Linux environment.

MEPIS site: http://www.mepis.com
MEPIS dev site: http://www.mepis.org
MEPIS mirrors: http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462
MEPIS changelog: http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2338
MEPIS store: http://store.mepis.com
Knowledgebase: http://faq.mepis.net
Community forum: http://www.mepislovers.com