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Old 04-10-2009   #271 (permalink)
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Life's funny... you blokes seem to like Mepis and have no problems with it. Each time, I think three times, (and three different versions) I've tried it, Mepis won't even boot up, it never gets past the "numbers and letters thingy" (You can tell I'm technically trained...not). I've never even seen the splash screen.!! A couple of other distros are the same, but can't remember which. Yet most of the others fire up no problems at all?
I couldn't advise mudgecko.....all I know is I just put in the Live CD and within 20-25 minutes I've got a working distro with everything installed.
I've used 7 and now 8 on a number of different systems from 512mb 2.7 Celerons up to 4GB dualcore laptops......and the result is always the same. It just works.....and keeps on working.
If you want cutting edge stuff it's not for you.....but a stable, reliable, tested installation is what I primarily look for. For the latest user experience I just use Mandriva.
I would definitely check it out again, and you'll find the Mepis community forum is probably one of the most pleasant and helpful on the Net.
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Thanks XTremo, I've not tried Mepis lately, not for at least a year, so I'll give the latest one a whack next time I see it on one of the local PC mags. Still I've had no problems at all with Ubuntu 8.10, and one hesitates to change a good horse for an uncertain one... until then, I'll have a shufti at their website etc and especially the Mepis community forum as you recommend.
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Thanks XTremo, I've not tried Mepis lately, not for at least a year, so I'll give the latest one a whack next time I see it on one of the local PC mags. Still I've had no problems at all with Ubuntu 8.10, and one hesitates to change a good horse for an uncertain one... until then, I'll have a shufti at their website etc and especially the Mepis community forum as you recommend.
Well that's the great thing about Linux.....so much choice. Ubuntu is a superb distro.......but it just didn't do it for me as I prefer the KDE environment.
Yes, I know Kubuntu is available but I just prefer a native KDE distro.....hence I always gravitate towards Mepis, Mandriva, and Suse.
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Well that's the great thing about Linux.....so much choice. Ubuntu is a superb distro.......but it just didn't do it for me as I prefer the KDE environment.
Yes, I know Kubuntu is available but I just prefer a native KDE distro.....hence I always gravitate towards Mepis, Mandriva, and Suse.
Kubuntu is also a native KDE distro. You will not find any trace of Gnome or any other DE/WM in Kubuntu.
Same is with Mandriva and SuSe. Both have option to install any or both DEs.
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Kubuntu is also a native KDE distro. You will not find any trace of Gnome or any other DE/WM in Kubuntu.
Same is with Mandriva and SuSe. Both have option to install any or both DEs.
Agreed casper.....but as far as I'm aware Mandriva and Suse are primarily KDE with a Gnome option, whereas Kubuntu is Ubuntu packed with KDE. Not that there's anything wrong with that of course.
As far as the Ubuntu's go....they're great distros and have a huge following. But I never gelled with them myself. Not their fault......it's solely down to personal taste.

I like the "underdogs" out there.....and I'm about to try out Zenwalk 6. I used Zenwalk 5 for a while and was very impressed with it. Good community too.
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Thumbs up cool!
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does anyone knows "bayanihan linux"??
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No but I fiddled with MoonOS. Does that count?
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i don't think so..
fyi, it was linux distro made here in the philippines..
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Sorry yuri, I haven't had the chance yet. Will be sure to check it out.
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no problem..
just sharing what we have
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