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Welcome to the MEPIS Community

This web site is developed and maintained by the community of Mepis users. Its purpose is to tell you who we are, show you what we do, provide you with relevant news, and point you to where you can get help on using MEPIS Linux. That user-friendly operating system is pre-configured for simplicity and ease of use, and is well supported--by us! Please check the official site to find out how to get MEPIS!

News

MEPIS 11.0 is out!

Warren.pngWarren has announced the release of SimplyMEPIS 11.0. This new beauty is easy to install, easy to use, and easy to make your own. It's configured with a 2.6.36.4 kernel, the KDE 4.5.1 desktop, and many apps including LibreOffice 3.3.2, Firefox 4.0.1, VLC 1.1.3, Amarok 2.4.0, Kdenlive 0.7.9, etc. It can be obtained from a variety of sources, and help is available on this forum.

antiX-M11 released!

Community.jpgAnticapitalista announced that antiX-M11 has been finished and is available. The light and flexible system based on Debian Testing and SimplyMEPIS is now available in full, base and core versions. antiX is fast, and works on computers with as little as 64 MB RAM, though 128MB RAM is the recommended minimum; the 486 kernel version should work on AMD K5/k6. Downloads can be made from this site.

Second MEPIS 11 beta available

Warren.pngWarren announced the release of SimplyMEPIS 10.9.90 which solves many of the video problems of the past. Community contributions are having a signigicant impact. Post testing results on this thread, making sure to include hardware information as well. Still not designed for general or production use--but stay tuned!

First beta is out for testing

Warren.pngMoving up: Warren announced the release of the first beta of the current development series. Anyone who can help with the testing should post results on this thread, making sure to include hardware information as well. Please note that this release is not designed for general or production use.

And we're off and running!

Community.jpgOK everybody, the Forum has been moved to http://forum.mepiscommunity.org and seems to be working pretty well. Here are some ways to get yourself some help:

  • Click on your User Control Panel and go through everything
  • Consult the FAQs by clicking the link below the tabs
  • Look at the thread "New Forum Comments" in the Site Help forum
  • Consult the detailed phpBB User Guide on the Manuals tab

It will take us all a bit of getting used to, but this was definitely the right move to make!

New MepisLovers forum going up!

Community.jpgAfter months of testing and working out the kinks, the MepisLovers site is is being moved to a new server and converted to the open-source software phpBB. This move should be completed tonight (Tuesday 12/21), so that the new forum will be up sometime tomorrow morning. Great work by the Community team led by Richb and Peregrine--thanks from everybody!

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