It is good to see MEPIS back. It is a solid choice for many people, giving access to the huge Debian repositories, great hardware detection, live CD installation and some good system tools.Unlike PCLinuxOS, it comes in both 32 and 64-bit formats. You can choose either the KDE default desktop or you can choose the slimmed down antiX version with Fluxbox. As you have mentioned it is more attractive than in the past.
I have used SimplyMEPIS since it first came out. I switched to Ubuntu earlier this year when MEPIS switched to the Ubuntu core because MEPIS was not as current. Now that they have gone back to Debian, I will give it a try again. Like PCLinuxOS it is a small distro controlled by one individual. There are many parallels between the two distros. The big difference is that PCLinuxOs is a fork from Mandrake (now Mandriva) and MEPIS is a fork from Debian. Both are excellent and have active user groups and forums and thousands of devoted fans and supporters. The big difference is in package management. PCLinuxOS is rpm based and MEPIS is deb based. Both use Synaptic. Simply MEPIS is the brainchild of Warren Woodford (vs. Bill Reynolds AKA Texstar for PCLinuxOS) and he does much of the work himself. Many loyal MEPIS lovers were concerned for his health when it kept on being delayed. He is in good health, but the work load has been greater than he thought. We wish him well. Look for MEPIS to climb in Distrowatch's rankings. It was once in third place before they started to tinker with it this year. You can't go wrong with either of these fine distros. I hope that you are able to sort out the sound card problem. Cheers, Roy ----- Original Message ---- From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:22:20 AM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] MEPIS 7.0 commentary update SimplyMEPIS 7.0 is the newest flavor in the revolving door that has been Linux-side on my dual-boot laptop, and I really like it. I might finally have hit on a keeper for that machine! It's crisper, perhaps more formal-seeming, and more "Linux-y" than my other current favorite, the more XP-ish (but still Linux-y) PCLinuxOS-2007. I've also gotten my laptop wifi, the infamously difficult Broadcom 4318, working again under MEPIS -- finally remembered the step I was overlooking! :d'oh: "ndiswrapper -m" (aka "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" ) Now, if I could only get the integral CS4236 sound card on the old Dell Optiplex GX-1 I have at work (running PCLOS) to function, I'd be all set! 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