SimplyMEPIS 6.5.02 is a minor update to the 6.5 release. The update adds Vista detection, newer alsa sound utilities, better handling of CDROM devices, etc. The updated ISOs are available at MEPIS online mirrors. Individual updated packages are available at the MEPIS 32 and 64 bit package pools.

The .02 release ISOs include the follow recent updates: alsa-lib, alsa-oss and alsa-utils updated to better match the 1.0.14 alsa sound kernel drivers; MEPIS Installer and MEPIS System Assistant updated to detect and add boot entries for Vista and third party Linux installations; mepis-init and mepis-auto updated to improve configuration of CDROM drives; Amarok updated to improve MTP support; Synaptic updated to 0.57.11.1; and new Getting Started documentation linked from the CD user desktop.

Also recently updated in response to user requests, but not pre-installed on CD: audacity 1.3.2 sound editor and dmraid 1.0.0.rc13 win-raid support.

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