Ubuntu-based SimplyMEPIS 6.0-alpha1 Linux Released
MEPIS has announced the alpha1 release of SimplyMEPIS 6.0. The ISO image is available for download and testing in the mepis 'testing' subdirectory at the MEPIS Subscriber's Site and public mirrors. For up to 14 days, please send feedback to dev@mepis.org
Alpha1 builds on the 6.0-experimental1 release. The KControl system configuration shell has been replaced with the SystemSettings shell from the Ubuntu Project. The panel has been modified in response to suggestions recently solicited from the MEPIS user community. Some of the Kmenus have been rearranged to take advantage of metadata embedded in the kde shortcut files. OnTheGo reliability has been enhanced by a delay on logout to prevent disk sync problems and an automatic fsck on login.
Warren Woodford, founder of MEPIS, commented on the work so far, "The MEPIS community has been very helpful with suggestions and the support from the Ubuntu Project has been great.
The experience on KDE 3.4.3 helped Gnome >
Mepis did a KDE utility merge with Gnome based distro.
I have always found what Gnome's links to KDE, interesting. Many programs are shared or have mutual data transfer capability. Now Warren tie them together with KDE utilities. Will python still be eaten by Mono germs, I don't know; only beta 6.0 version will tell?
KDE system kernels which overrides Linux configurations, help make Ubuntu more versatile. Its a Licoris approach to windows lookalikeness.
Good Luck, Warren, now just have to publish Gnome sockets and backports to get Mepis developers to do plug-ins and extensions? If we are lucky, maybe simplify all the software Ubuntu added to thier distro. We never needed all the flavours, just a few good functional programs like Windows OS. If you don't like one program substitute with another interchangeable part of a program?
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If Mono is left out of Gnome libs; then Gnome 2.10 programs(written by Python, c and Java; but not much Mono) can be synaptic into Mepis 6.0 easily. Gnome(offline) programs are so elementary that not using Mono(emulater of platforms and OS(s) of .net packet format) will not even be noticed.