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Dear  Patrons  of  Linuxseekers,



 

Switch to MEPIS !   Is it non-geeks friendly ?   Well, before you read this review,

my provisional verdict for this distro is :-  SimplyMEPIS  may  offer  the  best

out-of-the-box experience.   How true is this statement ?   Is  SimplyMEPIS 64 bit

beta 4  as cuddly as the pengiuns ?   Here's  the story. 

 

SimplyMepis as we know is based on Ubuntu core since version 6.0.  With Ubuntu

in the picture,  i think that SimplyMEPIS range of product can be  rebranded  to

SimplyMEPIS DS.   DS means  double strength.   The last version of SimplyMEPIS

(6.0)  was released about 6 months ago.  MEPIS distribution is currently ranked at

number 4 behind fedora  at  DistroWatch.  The fact that there is a dedicated website

called  Mepislovers.com says it all.  Passion evoking !   Thriving community !    

 

SimplyMepis  can be downloaded  for free or it can be purchased  at its  store.

Please buy a copy if you wish to support this Mepic phenomenon.   Just imagine,

you can even buy  its  source code  at the store.   That's a great display of  the

open source spirit.

 

I have tried  SimplyMepis 6.0  before, but didn't install it.  I didn't like the

graphics.   The 'aquarium'  at the desktop panel  was cool though. The reasons why

i wanted to review this  maiden  release of  the 64 bit version of SimplyMEPIS

(SimplyMEPIS-CD_6.0-4-beta4_amd64)   were :-
 

   i)  why  MEPIS  enjoyed such a high ranking on

       DistroWatch despite a not so great graphics.

   ii)  whether  this 64 bit  SimplyMEPIS would to work  

        seamlessly with most of my desktop's hardware

        which had been communicating well with my

        existing  32 bit  Linux desktop.  

 

I am sure  there  a lot of people would want to know  how well can a  64 bit

Linux desktop assimilate  into a  society mainly driven by 32 bit Linux desktop.

This  has  become even more important  as a very significant number of people

turning to the affordable  64 bit Athlon machine for desktop use.

 

Lately,  i see a lot of Turion 64 notebook in the market eating up the pentium M's

market share.   In fact, my wife had one.  I managed to test  it with Knoppix 4.

For your information,  64 bit computing  started in the late  1980s.  I wouldn't be

surprised  if  it's the  Linux community that will eventually spearhead further

adoption and development of a 64 bit desktop  OS.