SimplyMEPIS alpha release based on Ubuntu

MEPIS has announced the alpha1 release of SimplyMEPIS 6.0, based on Ubuntu “Dapper”. This was formerly based on Debian, but MEPIS have recently switched to Ubuntu.

The final release of SimplyMEPIS 6.0 will coincide with the release of Ubuntu 6.06 - around 1 June.

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. By the time we’ve identified a problem, usually they have already fixed it! This gives us more time to work on integration and improvements. It was a big plus that Ubuntu recently decided to support KDE 3.5.2 for the current build cycle.”