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What?
by Thomas Zander on Thursday 02/Nov/2006, @00:30
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| Everyone and his dog condemned the other two distro stories, and less then a week later you guys approve this? What the [self-censored] happened to the dot? |
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Re: What?
by Cyrille Berger on Thursday 02/Nov/2006, @01:37
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Because the previous two posts were strictly ads. While this interview has a plus-value in term of information, more than "my distribution is cool and includes the last version of KDE !"
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Re: What?
by Bille on Thursday 02/Nov/2006, @04:38
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I agree, this is a reasonable distro story.
I'd be interested to know what kind of customisations and adaptations MEPIS makes to KDE - since KDE is such a strong part of their identity, I would expect them to interact more than this article makes clear. Or is it simply a question of manpower, and vanilla KDE is of high enough quality for them.
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Re: What?
by JBoman on Monday 06/Nov/2006, @06:26
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I have used MEPIS since Dec. 2004 and as far as KDE goes I nixed it and use Fluxbox on MEPIS 3.4.3 and it's great. Like most Linux Distros it has it's snafus but overall I wouldn't switch unless I experience better and that has not happened yet. 3.4.3 uses pure Debian Repositories. Take care, JBoman
PS..Aside from other comments the MEPIS Lovers forum is superb for helping Newbies...I know...I was one.
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Re: What?
by mepnoob2005 on Monday 06/Nov/2006, @13:29
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Actually commenting on this post.
Mepis works till the first time you try to update it. by: xJlM
I've never had any luck installing Mepis, and after encountering snotty comments about newbies while simply browsing their website, I'll never try again. Too many other good distros out there to limit myself to closed-minded smugness like what i found with Mepis.
The guy that wrote this post is way off base.MEPISlovers is the most newbie friendly site that I have ever found.I'm a MEPIS guide and moderator at MEPISlovers.We don't put up with snotty posters or distro bashing.We have all been newbies once.I have yet to see any badmouthing of newbies or anyone else(the odd troll flaming will go til someone clamps down)We,as moderators,will lock threads that are causing arguments.MEPISlovers site is very polite and friendly too.
MEPIS is one of the easiest linux operating systems to install.If anyone has install trouble all you have to do is ask at MEPISLovers and you will get an answer very quickly.There are a lot of MEPIS users at MEPISlovers that eagerly await questions asked by someone.It's like a race to see who can answer the question first.
As far as MEPIS working until you upgrade it.Nothing could be further from the truth.Download SimplyMepis 6.0 and you won't need to upgrade very much if at all.It is good practice to upgrade one package at a time.That way you can undo the upgrade if you need to.
To install MEPIS you would do well to create your own custom partitions.You can learn how to do that by reading the guides in this link.
http://www.mepisguides.com/ Some good guides here.
The guide on creating custom partitions is good reading.Lots of pics too.
I would challenge the poster to provide some links to the alleged 'snotty' remarks that he spoke of.He won't be able to.
See you at MEPISlovers!
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Re: What?
by GrayNZ on Tuesday 27/Feb/2007, @14:38
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OK, I'll see if I get some help with this one ;-)
I have tried to get a working ADSL connection with SimplyMepis 6.5.b6, no luck.
No problem with Ubuntu, Mandriva One 2007, SuSe 10 or Puppy, so why the difficulty with 'Simply' Mepis (anything but simple).
I have tried on 2 computers both have same result... it should just work with minimal or no configuration needed.But it won't.
Tried both configuration utilities.
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Re: What?
by Wade Olson on Thursday 02/Nov/2006, @05:52
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Correct.
This interview is simply one in a larger series of interviews with KDE-centric distros. Recently we've posted interviews with Sabayon, PC-BSD, Red Flag and Slax.
You'll notice that we always ask the same questions, to allow readers to compare and contrast distro maintainers' opinions.
There is no hidden agenda here; just trying to introduce people to new/different distros, reveal their past/present/future, show the strength of the KDE community in these fantastic results, and give some well deserved recognition.
Fortifying the communication channel with KDE-friendly distros during the long development cycle of 4.0 is certainly a good thing.
Thanks to Henrik for posting this interview. If people would like to see their KDE distro of choice interviewed, just let us know.
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Re: What?
by Benoit Jacob on Thursday 02/Nov/2006, @01:41
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I think, the difference is that this is focused on KDE, and contains information of interest to KDE devs. By contrast, the other distro stories were just that, distro stories.
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Re: What?
by ac on Thursday 02/Nov/2006, @16:18
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You're just bitter because BSD is dying.
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