Press Releases

11.0 Alpha 3 Released to Testers on MEPIS Anniversary

Posted Sun, 11/21/2010 - 09:00 by warren

Nov 21, 2010 9AM EST -- It was 8 years ago today that the MEPIS Linux project started when Warren Woodford decided to build a version of Linux that would be easy to try from CD, easy to install from the live environment, and easy for everyone to use. Over the years there have been reports of SimplyMEPIS being the first OS of one year old children, and also the first OS of 90 year old adults.

Today the third alpha-test release of SimplyMEPIS 11.0 is available in the form of SimplyMEPIS-CD_10.9.80_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-CD_10.9.80_64.iso files. This test release is for use by the MEPIS Tester Community. As usual, MEPIS alpha-test releases are not expected to be backward or forward compatible with MEPIS final product releases.

SimplyMEPIS 8th Anniversary Release

Posted Fri, 11/19/2010 - 10:28 by warren

Nov 19, 2010, 10AM EST -- The 8th Anniversary of the MEPIS Linux project is coming up on Sunday. In time for that event, the second Alpha release of SimplyMEPIS 11.0 has been uploaded by Warren Woodford, the founder of MEPIS.

The SimplyMEPIS-CD_10.9.75_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-CD_10.9.75_64.iso files are available now for download by MEPIS subscribers. They should be available at the global ISO mirrors within 24 hours. They are about 800 MB in size and will fit on DVD or USB media.

11.0 continues to track with Debian Squeeze but with a 2.6.36 kernel. In this release, MEPIS has backported the Galbraith latency patch, which improves desktop performance.

Galbraith Latency Patch Now in MEPIS 11.0 Alpha

Posted Thu, 11/18/2010 - 21:28 by warren

The Mike Galbraith latency patch, which is said to improve desktop performance by an order of magnitude, has been backported by Warren to the 2.6.36 kernel, and released for the SimplyMEPIS 11.0 alpha test cycle.

SimplyMEPIS 11.0 Goes Alpha

Posted Wed, 11/10/2010 - 09:26 by warren

Nov 10, 2010, 10AM EST -- The first Alpha grade release of SimplyMEPIS 11.0 has been uploaded to the MEPIS master site. It is available for immediate download by MEPIS subscribers. The global ISO mirrors should make the files available to the general public within 24 hours.

The names of the ISOs are: SimplyMEPIS-CD_10.9.70_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-CD_10.9.70_64.iso Although they are called "CD" ISOs, they are about 800 MB in size and will fit on DVD or USB media. They will not fit on CD media.

At this time, 11.0 is closely aligned with Debian Squeeze but with a 2.6.36 kernel. This release provides a KDE 4.4.5 desktop.

MEPIS Releases ISOs for 1GB USB Keys

Posted Fri, 06/18/2010 - 06:36 by warren

Morgantown, WV, Apl 21, 2010 -- MEPIS LLC has announced the upload of SimplyMEPIS 8.5 ISOs that will fit on a 1GB USB key. The USB sized ISO files for 32 and 64 bit processors are SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64.iso respectively.

Warren Woodford explained: "This build includes the packages that are preloaded in the CD sized ISOs and in addition contains a number of extra applications and basic localization support for a few languages. As the first release of it's kind the package additions and the language support are a bit of an experiment. I imagine we will make adjustments based on feedback from users."

Antix M8.5 for Lite Computers is Available

Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 15:22 by warren

AntiX-M8.5 is available at MEPIS mirrors in the antix subdirectory.

Here is anticapitalista's announcement of antiX-M8.5:

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