Released: SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3

[John Abela [Permanent Link]]

SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3 - Finally Released

SimplyMEPIS, version 3.4-3 is finally released. The over 900 packages preinstalled in SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3 include Xorg 6.8, KDE 3.4.3, OpenOffice 2.0.1, Firefox 1.5, and a 2.6.15 kernel. As usual, SimplyMEPIS is multimedia-ready with integrated players for all major media types. For example, MAC and PC iPods should work seamlessly with Amarok.

Hardware detection and configuration is now handled in the kernel and with the dbus/hal/udev/pmount suite of apps, eliminating most of the old MEPIS meauto functionality. These new technologies have the potential to greatly improve the user experience by improving the integration of hardware with Linux. Unfortunately some Linux applications are not yet "udev aware" and this caused some unexpected challenges for MEPIS during the development cycle. Most of these problems were solved by using alternate packages or by custom configuration of the existing packages.

Read More: http://www.mepis.org/node/9088

Download at: http://www.mepis.org/node/1462