Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Oct 2005 19:04 UTC
"Various reviews I've seen about Ubuntu have attacked the release names (Hoary Hedgehog, Breezy Badger and upcoming Dapper Drake), or the 'ugly' brown GNOME screen background (which is easily changed). I consider such "flaws" to be trivial. When push comes to shove, I want my operating system to 'just work', and in this department Ubuntu delivers."
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I do not know why either. Mepis is simply excellent when compared to other debian based distros. Everything works out of the box on all the machines I have tried it on, but it never gets a good review or good coverage for some strange reason.
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Maybe it is because Mepis is a KDE-centric distribution. We don't like that K thing around here... ;-)
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Seriously, Mepis is one of the best distros that I've ever tried. Its features are on par with Ubuntu's regarding ease of use, hardware detection, etc. except that it comes with the non-free goodies by default (Java, Flash, RealPlayer, MP3 support, etc.). Not that I care about that, since I would add it manually anyway. Another nice thing is that the Live CD actually is the installer, like Knoppix and derivates, but it has a more professional feel thanks to the nice applications that Warren developed for his distro.
The forums at http://www.mepislovers.org are nice and very newbie-friendly.
Having said that, I'll second the assertion that it is strange that Mepis never gets a good coverage since it is a Debian derivate, fully compatible with Sid and Etch and can do anything that Ubuntu can do (except perhaps sport GNOME as default DE... :-))