Linked by Barry Smith on Mon 8th Dec 2003 19:40 UTC
This is the third in my series of reviews for Debian-based commercial distros that might be appropriate for SOHO use. The first article covered my exploration of Lindows, the second one focused on Libranet, and this article covers a recently released distro called MEPIS.
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I've tried the newest (as of Dec 4, 2003) live CD version of Mepis on my Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop as well as on an old 450mhz Gateway desktop. I've been very impressed with it so far on both machines. The desktop is probably the best default desktop I've seen on any linux distro--it doesn't waste space with huge taskbars and icons and the wallpaper is clean. Aside from that the config tools are done well (networking with XP was a breeze) and for me, the most important software is all there.
I also had a brief email exchange with Warren who was very cordial and helpful. I'd recommend this distro. I'm definitely partial to Debian, and of the Debian based distros I've tried, this one comes out on, or near, the top.