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Originally Posted by Infarction 
Sounds horrible
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Originally Posted by mepnoob2005
Don't knock MEPIS till you have tried it. A remark like yours seems biased. I have used every version of MEPIS since 3.3, released in 2004. I can boot to 3.3.1-1, 3.4.3, 6.0, 6.5 beta 7(two installs) 6.5 rc1 (also two installs) knoppix 5.1.1 and the latest debian etch last was out last week. MEPIS is the best for new users or for old pros. It just works. And now with ntfs-3g we can read and write to ntfs so there. MEPIS is the best.
And next time I knock it, I'll use [sarcasm] tags...
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>Don't knock MEPIS till you have tried it. A remark like yours seems biased.
Me and Infarction were making those remarks in response to this thread...
Although I can't really say much here, as I've never tried installing or using it.
Me and Infarction were making those remarks in response to this thread...
Although I can't really say much here, as I've never tried installing or using it.
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
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i downloaded mepis. didnt like it . IMHO PClinux OS is better
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what's so special about mepis?
I say, if you're planning to use a *nix OS, go for the known distros - RH (based), SuSE, Debian, *buntu, Mandrake(riva), Gentoo
or if you're a real guru - Slackware, *BSD, OpenSolaris, HP-UX
everything depends on your particular needs. and in any case any distro can be brought to look and operate the way you want it to, all you need is knowledge, patience and free time
I say, if you're planning to use a *nix OS, go for the known distros - RH (based), SuSE, Debian, *buntu, Mandrake(riva), Gentoo
or if you're a real guru - Slackware, *BSD, OpenSolaris, HP-UX
everything depends on your particular needs. and in any case any distro can be brought to look and operate the way you want it to, all you need is knowledge, patience and free time
Last edited by DimaYasny; Mar 11th, 2007 at 3:21 am.
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Linux needs to be unified... Someone needs to set the standard, and stick with it. That is why MS windows is so great. They have unity.
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Originally Posted by Marks256
Linux needs to be unified... Someone needs to set the standard, and stick with it. That is why MS windows is so great. They have unity.
linux at a heart is essentially unified in that you only ever really need to learn a few distributions in order to know them all (as most distros are related)
Last edited by jbennet; Mar 11th, 2007 at 4:36 pm.
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All Linux distributions run more-or-less on the same kernel. That means that at the core they behave the same way, have the same hardware support, etc..
Then they usually run the same software, such as KDE, Gnome, and others. Most people simply choose a "favorite distro" on basis of the time it takes them to set it up for their purposes, and the ease of setting it up.
Ubuntu is popular because it requires little setup. Why? They install everything, so it has lots and lots of software. This appeals to newbies because it supports so much hardware right out of the box, compared to others where you must manually download and configure each driver.
The downside to such a distro is that it takes experts super-long if they want to trim down a distro to make it run faster and tweak it, and in many cases it's faster for them to take a base distro such as Gentoo or Slackware and add on what they need instead.
Then they usually run the same software, such as KDE, Gnome, and others. Most people simply choose a "favorite distro" on basis of the time it takes them to set it up for their purposes, and the ease of setting it up.
Ubuntu is popular because it requires little setup. Why? They install everything, so it has lots and lots of software. This appeals to newbies because it supports so much hardware right out of the box, compared to others where you must manually download and configure each driver.
The downside to such a distro is that it takes experts super-long if they want to trim down a distro to make it run faster and tweak it, and in many cases it's faster for them to take a base distro such as Gentoo or Slackware and add on what they need instead.
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