MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 6.0. This is the first public release of SimplyMEPIS to incorporate an Ubuntu foundation. Based on the Dapper LTS package pool, 6.0 is designed for stable long term use and support. Screenshots here.
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Member since:2005-07-13
According to distrowatch.com mepis is now the 3rd most popular distro, and the most astonishing for me was the fact it was ranked higher than eg. fedora, debian, gentoo, and kubuntu (which is much better choice for desktop user in my opinion). Even if that ranking may be not in 100% accurate ( it doesn't count the real number of computers running given distro but it's based just on numbers of page hit) it looks like it's one of the most often instaled linux systems.
Distrowatch has absolutely positively no correlation to install base. It is simply a measure of how many people clicked on the link for more information about a particular distro. I clicked on the Mepis link myself just to get an idea of the packages and version levels installed, I use it all the time for that purpose.
Given the buzz around MEPIS migrating to *buntu as a core over the last little while, it's not surprising that it's generated some interest. The project site itself isn't equally spilling over with deailed information either, which is what sent me to Distrowatch.
It's sort of like the linux equivalent of an auto show. The high end exotics and flashy new models generate the biggest crowds, but it has no relevance to the number of people actually driving them. 
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2006-07-24
According to distrowatch.com mepis is now the 3rd most popular distro, and the most astonishing for me was the fact it was ranked higher than eg. fedora, debian, gentoo, and kubuntu (which is much better choice for desktop user in my opinion). Even if that ranking may be not in 100% accurate ( it doesn't count the real number of computers running given distro but it's based just on numbers of page hit) it looks like it's one of the most often instaled linux systems.
And here is my quesion: WHY???
Good hardware support? Instalation from livecd? Packages from ubuntu? no, it's not enough for me to try it.
Ohhh... maybe it's just cool to have mepis cause it's mepis?
Anyway, how is that name spelled? "me peace"? another hippie distro?