MEPIS Linux
MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE 3.1.2, and much more.
| Tags | Operating Systems Linux Distributions CD-Based |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
Recent releases
- 27 Nov 2003 19:42
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 02 Oct 2003 15:55
Changes: In this release, the contents of CD #1 and CD #2 were tweaked in response to user feedback. Now CD #2 contains 865 additional packages. This version also includes the MEPIS Installation Center, MEPIS Control Center, and MEPIS User Tweaks apps.
- 23 Aug 2003 12:07
No changes have been submitted for this release.
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Recent commentsMore than a year with Simply Mepis Distro
Mid May 2007 I installed Mepis 6.5.2 the 64-bit
version in a newer computer I had assembled in
March. I had toyed with Vista on the dual core
AMD 3600 running in a ECS GeForce 6100SM-M
motherboard and come away very disappointed.
Going back to Windows XP, a friend kept cajoling
me to have a look at the Linux operating system,
and I finally took the steps he suggested.
Mepis 6.5.02 was a great system similar to
windows it worked (out of the Box) after
downloading and burning a Live CD with
DVDDcryptor in my Windows system. In August I
assembled another system using a AMD 4400 with
another ESC GeForce 6100SM-M motherboard, and
loaded the beta Mepis upgrade. I ran the two
computer system side by side for comparison
using the on-board graphics of the motherboard
and when the Mepis7's Beta 3 was released in late
October I began to see major improvements in
the newer version of Mepis 7 over the 6.5.02 I
was still using in the AMD 3600 system...
In December the final version of Mepis7 went gold,
and I was pleased with the operating system I
was using... I had learned a great deal, and was
seldom using the dual boot Mepis 6.5.02 system
and decided to sell it to a neighbor. AMD released
their Quad, and when I saw a CPU & Motherboard
combo in my local computer store, I had them
wrap it up for my Christmas gift... I had to wait
until mid January to build the Quad system with 4
gigs of 1.8 volt 6400 memory, as I needed a Power
Supply and Video Card.
The end of January with all the parts I needed,
the AMD Phenom 9500 Agena 2.2GHz & the ECS
A770M-A motherboard came alive running its 4
gigs of memory with Mepis 7. I used the 64-bit
version of Mepis7 and the yellow Synaptic icon in
the Taskbar/Kicker had a number telling me it need
to perform a few updates. I performed the
updates and then it was time to install the ATI
software to let the Video card display the
1650x1050 of the wide screen monitor I had just
unwrapped.
I had purchased a used Diamond Viper Radeon
X1650 Pro, and needed the official upgraded Flgrx
drivers from the ATI website. I struggled with this
install, and several rapid upgrades thinking it was
the software and Mepis that was causing my video
crashing problems. I tried other distro, but finally
I tried my neighbors video card a newer HD 3850
Radeon that received its power directly from the
power supply and my video problems disappeared.
Conclusion, I believe the power draw of the used
Diamond Viper Radeon X1650 Pro was not being
met, with the ECS A770M-A motherboard. It
could be a problem with the Video card, or the
motherboard, but using a video card with its
power supplied directly from the Power Supply
fixed the video display crashing.
I was a very happy Mepis users, but wanted a
newer version of Gimp than included in Synaptic.
One complaint about Mepis I aways read on the
various boards, and Linux newsgroups was the
software was not up-to date. The stability and
hardware recognition of mepis7 was better than
most other Distro, but the software packaging was
not very leading edge.
Mepis7 using the Debian repositories moving from
stable to testing, and venturing to experimental
many experienced Mepis users began to back-port
a good number of up dated software packages.
These experienced users have shared their
updated software available to other users in
Mepislovers.org package sharing section of the
forums. I was able to download and install the
latest Gimp, Pan, Amarok and Deluge a light weight
bit-torrent software.
I am delighted with mepis7 running in my AMD
Quad system, and now with the conversation in
Mepislovers forums about the first betas for
testing Mepis8 arriving in the near future I will
again be running the betas, along side my main
system until it Mepis8 goes gold. Will I build a new
computer for the next Mepis release, I am not
certain, since my current AMD Quad computer
system is more processing power than I or Mepis
needs...
After a year of using Linux or specifically Mepis7, I
am delighted not to run Windows, and I still
chuckle about Vista when I hear about the spam
and virus problems that plague these systems I
once defended. Mepis7 is a wonderful, easily
configured, quality operating system far more
stable & dependable than any version of Windows
I have ever dreamed about using... I look forward
to a KDE 4.2 interface when it arrives, because I
know it will be rock solid in a Mepis Linux Release.
6 weeks with linux
6 weeks with Linux and I am still enjoying learning, and the
vocabulary in not as foreign now...
Coming from Windows it was different, not as easy as I
presumed viewing the opening screen. Had trouble with
Adobe Shockwave, and Flash updates, and still can not view
youtube videos with Konqueror, but using Opera has made
things better.
Still not happy with any of the newsgroup reader software in
Linux, I was spoiled using MesNews in windows... Pan is very
stable software as supplied in Mepis, but it does not allow an
attachment with a post, nor can I use the right mouse click to
download a single image.
Pan is a fine text reader, but has problems with multi-part
binary postings. Also there is not a binary posting program
that can be used as a point and click program with a KDE
interface, only one I have located but it uses a command-line
interface. Thunderbird is worse with multi-part images
binary postings.
But I can post a single image as an attachment in a
newsgroup community using Thunderbird. So far my
experience in Linux it requires two programs to participate in
a binary newsgroup community if you want to post and
download images. Now a days, everyone posts large images,
before they were image were never multi-part postings.
The upgrade to Open Office 2.2 was an easy upgrade, via
apt-get. All in All Mepis surpasses my expectations after my
first week toying with a new operating system.
Inkscape, and Xara Xtreme are two graphic programs that are
a very pleasant Linux surprise...
JR
New user with 6.5.02 64-bit release
I moved from windows to Mepis on the recommendation of
another users. I am a newbie, but learning new software and
have not used a windows program yet. I do miss my older
Adobe Photoshop, but I keep using the Gimp Image Editor.
Not a programmer only a user that enjoys playing with
images & interacting in newsgroup communities...
Mepis
I have been a happy Mepis user for a couple months now and it just keeps getting better and better! I'm even running the latest beta of Mepis and it's so stable and easy to use.
Excellent distro
It can be used for everything you may need & it always behaves well. You can try it the most recent final version as well as the betas ( the betas have even more hardware support, the latest kernel versions, etc ). Ah, it can be used a live cd, before installing in the hard drive.