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From: Phil Gilmer on 22 Apr 2008 06:46 Chris wrote: > > Theo Markettos wrote: >> Thor <thor(a)valhalla.enzed.corn> wrote: >>> Another way of having a good stable distro that will not give you a lot >>> of updates is to go to debian stable instead of kubuntu. >> That's an idea. etch is a bit old though, and a bit lacking in >> it-just-works which is why I went for Xandros originally. I was hoping >> Ubuntu would be a suitable replacement. >> > > Mepis is the 'it-just-works' of debian stable. Stick it in and switch it > on and you're away. It's also better integrated with KDE than Kubuntu. > > As it's based on debian you needn't worry about updating every six months :) Agreed. I have been using Mepis for several years now. Mepis 7.0 is solid. It's also visually attractive. Simple instructions on the Mepis forum on how to install the DVD functions to play commercial DVDs. Solid wireless support. Regards, Phil
From: Thor on 22 Apr 2008 06:55 Phil Gilmer wrote: > Chris wrote: >> >> Theo Markettos wrote: >>> Thor <thor(a)valhalla.enzed.corn> wrote: >>>> Another way of having a good stable distro that will not give you a >>>> lot >>>> of updates is to go to debian stable instead of kubuntu. >>> That's an idea. etch is a bit old though, and a bit lacking in >>> it-just-works which is why I went for Xandros originally. I was hoping >>> Ubuntu would be a suitable replacement. >>> >> >> Mepis is the 'it-just-works' of debian stable. Stick it in and switch it >> on and you're away. It's also better integrated with KDE than Kubuntu. >> >> As it's based on debian you needn't worry about updating every six months >> :) > Agreed. > > I have been using Mepis for several years now. Mepis 7.0 is solid. It's > also visually attractive. Simple instructions on the Mepis forum on how > to install the DVD functions to play commercial DVDs. Solid wireless > support. Doesn't it use the ubuntu/kubuntu repos though ? I'm not putting it down and have installed it mates computers and they are still using it. However I tend to be dubious of a distro that does not maintain its own repos apart from a few basic config files.
From: Chris Whelan on 22 Apr 2008 08:07 > Phil Gilmer wrote: >> I have been using Mepis for several years now. Mepis 7.0 is solid. It's >> also visually attractive. Simple instructions on the Mepis forum on how >> to install the DVD functions to play commercial DVDs. Solid wireless >> support. > > Doesn't it use the ubuntu/kubuntu repos though ? Only for the previous version (6.5). Chris -- Remove prejudice to reply.
From: Chris on 22 Apr 2008 08:16 Thor wrote: > Phil Gilmer wrote: > >> Chris wrote: >>> Mepis is the 'it-just-works' of debian stable. Stick it in and switch it >>> on and you're away. It's also better integrated with KDE than Kubuntu. >>> >>> As it's based on debian you needn't worry about updating every six months >>> :) >> Agreed. >> >> I have been using Mepis for several years now. Mepis 7.0 is solid. It's >> also visually attractive. Simple instructions on the Mepis forum on how >> to install the DVD functions to play commercial DVDs. Solid wireless >> support. > > Doesn't it use the ubuntu/kubuntu repos though ? No. Mepis now uses the debian etch repos as well maintaining it's own specialised repos for Mepis-specific options. Warren (the maintainer) did dabble with the ubuntu repos for the 6.0 and 6.5 releases, but found the packages got old quickly and updating the repos between ubuntu releases was painful.
From: Ian on 22 Apr 2008 09:38
On 21 Apr, 00:21, Theo Markettos <theom+n...(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: > I want to upgrade a machine from Xandros 3 OCE (which seems to be entirely > neglected by its vendor) to Ubuntu with KDE. The machine is on expensive > dialup and I rarely have access to it so having something that needs minimal > post-installation updates is important. If it's not online, why does it need any updates? Security ones won't matter, and most functionality ones are just minor glitches... Ian |