All Linux users have their own vision of the ideal distribution. Some people crave stability, others want new and exciting features, some people are very security focused and others are concerned about licensing. Warren Woodford has his own vision and he's made it accessible to the world via MEPIS. This week he was willing to take a few minutes to talk about his creation.
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Member since:
2010-03-15
Thanks for the Warren Woodford interview. It is great to see that SimplyMEPIS is back. I used MEPIS for two years after it first came out. I loved it. It was a solid distribution and my introduction to DEB, coming from RPM (Mandrake).
However, Warren took us for a roller coaster ride by switching the base to Ubuntu and back all in a few short months. I figured that I might as well stick with Ubuntu and have been there ever since. Now, I find that Shuttleworth instigated this debacle, I am not sure how I feel about that.
I have tried MEPIS over the years since, but it seemed old and stale. I have used KDE 4 since Alpha and switching back to KDE 3.5 seemed retro. I am glad that MEPIS has matured and wish Warren and MEPIS well. I don't think that I will switch back as I am used to sudo and having the latest and greatest apps, but I will recommend MEPIS to others.
Keep up the good work!
Member since:
2005-07-06
I had honestly "forgotten" about Mepis. I remember the change to Ubuntu awhile back, but I am glad they have gone back to basics (so to speak) but starting with the lowest common denominator and build upon that.
Next time I need linux for a project I'll most definitely check out Mepis.
Member since:
2008-03-25
Mepis is still one of my favorite distributions. Easy to install and stable. I find it lighter and faster than Fedora or Ubuntu, and with a debian stable base. I am using Arch now, and prefer to choose what programs are installed on my system. However, I will still recommend Mepis for new users.
Member since:2006-01-02
Member since:
2006-06-12
It was actually my first -Linux- (I had used SunOS and solaris before) distribution. It was the only one of the big distro that was workign out of the box back then. Knoppix, Mandrake, RH9-FC1 all had problems. It is with that distro that I learned Linux, compiling, dependency hell, xFree86, debugging and so on. I think, for me, it was actually a good thing. I was breaking stuff and repairing then, it is how I discovered Linux and started to love it. I should test it again, just for fun.
It was the best distro of it's time, the most easy to use and learn. After that, I switched to Gentoo (with the background I learned from Mepis) and never came back to standard distro. Forget about the avatar, that's just propaganda to make forums reader start with the most simple distribution out there. Yes, Ubuntu took Mepis place when they switched from Debian to Ubuntu, the next one was not a really good version.
Member since:
2006-07-14
I might look into it for a more novice Linux user, or one that doesn't like dealing with bleeding edge stuff. To me, if a upstream provider ( say KDE) deems their software as a stable release, I want it. Now occasionally that leads to running into bugs first. But reporting the bugs I find are the least I can do to contribute.
Member since:
2010-03-15
Similar to the other folks who've commented, I used SimplyMEPIS some years ago. Actually, it was the distro that got me back to dabbling with Linux after I'd given up with Mandrake and the like. As the article says, it's hard to say why I liked MEPIS so much, on paper it's a lot like a load of other distros, it just has a very good balance of application, installation, compatibility and customization that is greater than the sum of it's parts.
Nice one Warren, keep it going!
Member since:
2006-04-10
Member since:
2006-05-06
I like mepis but one of my laptops wont run it. For that I use a distribution called PC/OS, http://www.pc-os.org. Its just as good as Mepis and I like it alot.
Member since:
2005-08-18
This was just an odd statement:
Uhm, because the majority of the worlds population do in fact live outside the U.S and as such do not care one bit about US Export Law?
Member since:2009-07-10
Member since:
2006-05-19
I used Mephis years ago, before they made the switch to Ubuntu base. I liked the distro, but it proved to be unstable on my hardware. I ran PC LinuxOS for a while, now I use Mint Linux. I love the fact that most distros these days "just work". Back in the days of Corel linux it was exciting to play with my OS of choice and trying to get things to work was part of the fun. Now I just expect everything to work and get out of the way so I can use the programs I need. Glad to see Mephis back in the game.
