Thanks ~s.o.s~ I was about to post something very similar to that.


mepnoob2005 and dimayasny - opinions are allowed here, even if they differ, it is called discussion. Let's not turn this into a personal slanging match however...

i apoligise for the caps earlier. that was actually not inteneded to be quite so flamey

Thanks to moderator ~s.o.s~ . Yes thanks for stepping in. I am posting here in a forum that is called 'Getting Started and Choosing a Distro' So why can't I say what I know about MEPIS without getting flamed? It comes from personal experience and use. Not from guessing.

DimaYasny I don't play games on my computer so your remark about a kiddie forum is low. Way low. Even for you.More verbal garbage. Try to contain yourself. This is a public forum and their might be some kids reading here. Or maybe you are trying to get the thread locked?

I say to the mods don't lock this thread due to DimaYasny and his rude and insulting way of posting. I guess he doesn't know any better. That is painfully obvious.

I say again that this forum is for Getting Started and Choosing a Distro so my posts have been right on in that respect. I'm not trying to insult anyone like DimaYasny does in most of his last posts.
It just gets me peed off when guys like DimaYasny throw insults towards my favorite distro when he has never even tried it. That goes for eveyone too. I really don't care if you like MEPIS or not. (Yes, MEPIS is spelled with capital letters. I don't think much of that but that is the way it is spelled) But don't knock it without trying it. At least be honest. I have heard members spewing verbal junk towards MEPIS when that have actually NEVER even tried MEPIS. That is just plain dumb. No other way to describe someone who trys to give an opinion that they have admittedly no experience in.

If you HAVE used MEPIS and you didn't like it for some reason then you have the right to say so. If you haven't used MEPIS then use some common sense and refrain from posting in a thread where you have no experience. It's just plain common sense. Something some of the posters here should try and might try and learn.

And to end my post I say to the mods. How can we start a distro war in a thread that is meant to tell users about various versions of linux ?
So don't lock this thread. Unless csgal says so. Thank you

Actually, it is up to the mods here as to if the thread gets locked, not cscgal or myself as admins.

That is what the mods are for, making judgment calls in the forums they look after.

Can I repeat my request to keep it polite and not go for the personal taunting - that last post comes pretty close to trolling for an argumentative response from DimaYasny to be honest...

me and mepnoob05 have setled our differences, lets just hope others can do the same and keep daniweb a nice place for all

maybe it is a good idea to lock this thread, its way off topic anyway

Hello.

I just want to say several things regarding the topic(s) currently being discussed.

Firstly, I am in complete agreement with Davey (Happygeek) and Sanjay (~s.o.s~). Opinions are indeed encouraged here in the forums, and opinions are what makes this forum a lively place, rather than simply an online technical-support service.

However, one thing I feel that has not been mentioned is where to say your opinion. There is a time and a place for your opinion, but there are definitely places where it is not. For example, if someone is discussing a totally different distro, please do not come in and say what your favorite distro is (unless it's the one being discussed). For example mepnoob2005: in one thread regarding Dreamlinux you promoted MEPIS. This is likely what got some users mad at you.

In this forum, threads are designed to keep topics separate. Just like you don't start discussing the president in a C++ question, please only discuss MEPIS in threads that either are discussing Linux distros in general, or in ones specifically devoted to MEPIS. This thread is a good place to promote MEPIS.

I completely respect your love for MEPIS, and I'm glad you found a distro that you enjoy. But please respect people who don't like MEPIS, as I respect your love for MEPIS.

And this goes for everyone: please try to respect the opinions of others when they differ from yours. Thank you.

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I agree 100% with that. And I apoligize for MEPISing the Dreamlinux thread. At least they are both debian.
The other thing is that I started using MEPIS back in 2004 3.3 version and I have watched it grow to what it is now. It is like one of my kids in a weird kind of way. Or like a favorite niece or nephew. Watching them grow up. Change. I can feel like a mother bear and her cub when someone hits the right button.

And I know that there is really a fair bit of tweaking that a lot of the users have to go through. You don't consider the tweaking problems as problems anymore when you know what the solution is. How to get sound back. Blacklisting the sound modules that are messing up your sound, or getting into all of the settings for almost every app that MEPIS has. How to make k3b do it all, getting certain hardware recognized. The list of potential hurdles for a lot of the new MEPIS users is high. Not to me. But to someone who has no sound, or no wireless, no printer, or no anything that they had before with such and such distro sucks bigtime and it will leave a bad taste in your mouth for a long time.
Little things like not knowing where to get info on wireless can turn users off of any linux. I can help you get wireless going.
Nvidia or Ati drivers can be a HUGE headache. Until you learn, several times, the wrong way to install the driver. You learn about re-installing x when you have to. I feel I can solve a lot of the woes that a new MEPIS user might run into. And I am here to do just that. I've been through so many of them at one time or another

If you have a debian system and don't know what alsaconf is....that kinda stuf.

So if anyone feels like they want to give MEPIS a try but they don't know how. I am willing to help anyone that wants it with personal support in almost every MEPIS thing that may give you trouble. I have seen many types of troubles and know a lot of the fixes by memory. Or at least where I found the answer.

I am ready to take any and all responsibilty for helping new MEPIS users get going. Get installed. Get apps running as they should.
I can fix most things that need it where MEPIS is concerned. I'm on here all the time and I can give support to any MEPIS user that needs help. So don't think that you are alone with MEPIS. I can help you with pretty much anything that you need to run MEPIS with the ease that I do.

I guess this turned into a kind of a long post but it is about MEPIS and this is a MEPIS thread. So I guess that about says it all for me right now.

I just want to help guys use MEPIS if they need help. Try me out and see. Afterall getting started and choosing a distro has a lot to do with getting help when you need it. I can help with most of it. The really technical stuff I'll leave behind. This help is aimed at the new user level.
So if you have some MEPIS trouble feel more than welcome to post in this forum and if I can help you I will.
Bye for now all.

I've heard the guys over at mepislovers.org say a lot of stuff and most of it not nice. As long as you agree with what they say, you'll be fine. The minute you find a point of contention, they'll sell you out and ostracize you. :eek:

Ya right.... How about some links to the 'most of it not nice' posts? I'm a guide and moderator at MEPISlovers so I can reprimand any rude poster there. I've only had to jump on someone once since the beginning of 2005. And I'll supply the good links to counter your supposed 'most of it not nice' links. I know there are a few at MEPISlovers that are rude now and then but that's not the norm .And they get reprimands for continual rudeness. Rudeness is NOT tolerated there. A bit slack in that department here. There have been more rude and un-called for remarks at this forum about my posts than what I've ever seen at MEPISlovers. But like I said I challenge you to provide the links to the 'most of it not nice' posts for all to see then I'll back off and apoligize. It should be easy for you find a lot of mean posts if it is the way you said that it is. Is a half an hour enough time for you? I only need five minutes. The percentage of rude posts is a lot smaller at MEPISlovers, Linuxquestions.org, or any other site that i am a member of than the ratio here. I post on lots of forums with zero trouble compared to here. I'll bet my membership at this site. Will you bet yours to back up your post? Until then you are just posting from feelings, hearsay and not reality. Want to compare some rude posts? Let's get at 'er. We'll see where the rude posts are mostly coming from and you know it. And don't bother bringing any of my 'rebuttal to a rude post' posts to the table. I would never start crap like that and if you look through my posts you'll see that. Why do I always have to defend myself? Hmm? Cause I'm not 'one of the boys' ? You figure it out and we'll both know. Until then don't bother trying to step in. I start with giving respect to all and then I dish out what I have been fed. Get used to it. Respect begets respect. Trash gets...well you know.:rolleyes: