ALSO CALLED: KDE Desktop Environment DEFINITION: MEPIS (pronounced MEHP-us) is a Linuxdistribution that includes the K Desktop Environment (KDE) based on the Trolltech Qt toolkit; it also includes the ClamAV anti-virus program. MEPIS was originally released in 2003 by Warren Woodford, who built it
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This IT download provides products which enable the automated testing of Java graphical user interfaces, eliminating the need to hand-craft test code.
LINUX DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION (continued): … to satisfy his own desire for a simple, user-friendly platform that incorporated the functions he found most useful. MEPIS was developed based on Debian, another Linux distribution, and continues to include many of the features of that distribution.
MEPIS can be installed on a hard drive, but it can also be operated directly from a CD (live CD mode). For this reason, a MEPIS CD can be used as a boot disk in the event of a hard drive crash or other malfunction. MEPIS has gone through … Linux Desktop Environment definition sponsored by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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