Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Mar 2006 18:02 UTC
Mepis LLC, a long-time Debian Linux distributor, is switching from Debian to Ubuntu as the basis for its SimplyMEPIS Linux distribution. It seems MEPIS founder Warren Woodford has decided that MEPIS will do better for its users by depending upon Ubuntu, rather than Debian, for its foundation.
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Member since:2006-01-31
I sincerly hope Debian may exist forever...
How many times have we seen this? The unique nature of Debian is that it is entirely made-up of volunteers. "Going away" will be greatly difficult, as there is no need to generate revenue. It is possible that Debian could loose relevence in the GNU/Linux market, but I doubt it given the number of distributions that base themselves upon it.
As somebody that has used Mepis, Debian, and Ubuntu, I wonder what advantage Warren will gain? The only thing I can think of is Ubuntu polish, proprietary codecs, and Warren's installer. Anybody else think of what we can expect?
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2005-07-06
I think Debian should be based on Ubuntu too
Than it's Ubuntu.
I sincerly hope Debian may exist forever to assure at least one real free distro one can be rely upon when everything has been comercially assimilated.