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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2006-01-07
I smell it too. and it stinks.
Not every distro should feel the need to re-invent the wheel as a basis for starting up. Some distros are very active in the developing community and that is great. But other distros seek to take the the huge mass (or mess) of gnu software out there and present it in a form more usuable by the common mass of computer users out there. There's nothing wrong with that; on the contrary, it's a goal that, judging from the popularity of distros like Mepis and Ubuntu, has been lacking in the linux world of late.