I just installed the newest version of SimplyMepis_6.0 (Final Release) to the second hard drive on my notebook computer; a Model 1805-S203 in the Toshiba Satellite line. It has the Linksys WPC54GS version 2, PCMCIA (CardBus) wireless adapter installed (pretty-much permanently) for establishing a non-CAT5e connection to our nearly-enterprise-quality home network. (more…)
There has been some whining in the corridors, relative to some minor release date slips, but you can get your simplyMEPIS 6.0 Final release very easily…despite the fact that some of the mirrors haven’t sync-ed yet, and others are running at lower than optimum bandwidth.
Get it. Burn it. Install it. Have fun. (more…)
example.user@example.host[SimplyMEPIS6.0-rc3]$ wget -c ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mepis/testing/SimplyMEPIS_6.0-rc3_i386.md5sum (more…)
BBC news just posted this article, entitled, Microsoft opens up on file styles; which I presume to actually be speaking to microsoft’s closed, binary, undocumented file formats which they have, heretofore, refused to disclose to the world.
Some snippets from the article really do require some clarification: (more…)
Come the ides-less-four in the month of Caesar, microsoft will (according to their stated plans) resolutely discontinue public support for windoze 98, 98se and win me. Security updates, patches, repairs for bad patches, and anything else that might have come down the windoze update pike will also be a thing of the past–for the little good it ever did anybody. (more…)
I’ve had a particular email addy for almost a year, now. I have never had a single piece of SPAM routed through this specific email address since I set it up…until this morning. (more…)
I have to confess that, despite the inherent stability, reliability and maturity of most contemporary Linux distros, the lack of serious issues with the MEPIS 6.0-rc2 release has the tendency to impress me. (more…)
Have a look-see at this latest news release from the MEPIS website.
I like the fact that Warren has slipped the release date back to 2006.07.10; because this is one of those little traits exhibited by people for whom quality is the highest priority. (more…)
I happen to like a lot of different Linux distributions, but I have narrowed in-upon upon SimplyMEPIS as the one that I tend to come back to time and time again. (more…)