Warren announces the release of a fifth beta of MEPIS 8.0. It features an updated kernel and boot loader, and continues to keep in sync with Debian Lenny. Community members who want to test--keeping in mind that this is still a beta--should post bug reports in this thread.

The Packaging Project Team has announced that the community repository for MEPIS 8 is now operational. Congratulations and thanks from the whole community to the Team! Users wishing to take advantage of this critical long-term support feature are advised to read the announcement carefully for details about adding the repo, testing packages, using caution, etc.

Warren has announced a new beta with some additional modules not long after releasing the last one. Testing has started and community members are posting bug reports in the usual location.

In a very exciting move, Warren has announced the release of a new beta of MEPIS 8 that uses the kernel 2.6.27. Community members are testing it now, and filing reports on the bug report on MepisLovers forum.

For the first time since they were developed, the MEPIS tools will be released to the Linux community under an Apache license when M8 comes out. Members of the MEPIS community are beginning to work through the code, looking for ways to improve it, remove bugs, and adapt it to new uses. This should produce some interesting community contributions, so stay tuned!