Yet Another Debian-based Distro: Mepis

emgarf writes "Today, on the first anniversary of the MEPIS Project, MEPIS LLC announced the release of MEPIS Linux 2003.10 for Pentium processors. MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux that is designed for both personal and business users. MEPIS Linux offers a live/installation/recovery CD, advanced automatic hardware configuration, XP/NTFS support, ACPI power management, WiFi support, personal firewall, KDE 3.1.4, OpenOffice 1.1, Mozilla 1.5, and much more."

Comments

Desktop Linux the way you want it.

[BrookHarty]

[snip]MEPIS Linux 2003 is desktop Linux the way you want it.[/snip]

Thats why I use Gentoo. Gentoo gives you total control, like no other linux distro.

Re:Desktop Linux the way you want it.

[BrookHarty]

[snip]MEPIS Linux 2003 is desktop Linux the way you want it.[/snip]

Thats why I use Gentoo. Gentoo gives you total control, like no other linux distro.

How about you guys post some replies instead of marking my post flamebait. The desktop is still configured for you, so its the way "They Want it". Even Mandrake and Suse make choices for you, Great distros, but you are forced to select the provided options. If you really want it "Your way" and bang metal, you need to use a source based distro, Gentoo is just the most popular one. Theres always Linuxfromscratch

Yet another bloated mess

[nurb432]

While its nice people are working on making debian ( the one last hold out of common sence and anti-commercialism ), why does it have to include everyting + the kitchen sink?

What about a distro that just has what the average person needs.. no bloat, no extra crap.
( sort of like what FBSD does.. but make it more friendly to the new user )

Sure, give them the OPTION of 12000 packages once they 'grow up', but dont shove them down the users throat from the start..