SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Moves Closer to Final Release with Beta 6
Posted on December 9th, 2008 at 11:45 amMorgantown, WV, Dec 8, 2008 — ISO files of the sixth and last anticipated beta of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 are available for 32 and 64 bit processors as SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.93-beta6_32.iso and SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.93-beta6_64.iso.
In beta 6, the kernel has been updated to upstream version 2.6.27.7 and the extra drivers have been rebuilt for the new kernel. This kernel release fixes an error in the last release that resulted in the tg3 driver being disabled.
An ‘Alternate’ CD boot selection has been added in response to feedback that this provides a workaround for a problem that some users have had when trying to boot from CD.
Flash has been updated to version 10 and there have been several updates to the MEPIS Assistant apps in response to suggestions from the community.
Warren Woodford, the integrator of SimplyMEPIS, reports, “Progress on 8.0 has been slow but steady. The community has done a great job of reporting problems and suggesting fixes! There are just a few issues remaining. I hope that in a week or two we can have an RC release.”
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