“A few weeks ago, MEPIS released SimplyMEPIS 6.5. The latest
version of the Ubuntu-based desktop distribution offers a number of
interesting new features, including a 64-bit release and Beryl for
3-D desktop effects. After spending a fair amount of time with the
release, I found it to be a worthy update to earlier versions of
MEPIS.“The last time I reviewed SimplyMEPIS, it was built on Debian
rather than Ubuntu. I expected that SimplyMEPIS might look and feel
a little more like Kubuntu now that it’s based in part on packages
from Ubuntu, but it still has a unique flavor. SimplyMEPIS 6.5 may
have Ubuntu’s DNA under the hood, but it hasn’t lost its
identity…”