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:Mad Penguin: First Look at SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3
Mad Penguin: First Look at SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3
Mar 12, 2006, 21 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (7671 reads)

(Other stories by Adam Doxtater)

[ Thanks to SilentBob4 for this link. ]

"There are many warriors in the battle for reigning king of the Linux desktop, and if you need proof, Distrowatch.com is proof positive that almost everyone is in the game. The top ten seem to be reserved for the best of the best, and the distro we're looking at today is one of them: MEPIS Linux. Currently they are holding steady at #5 on the Distrowatch page hit ranking chart, and are in the company of giants such as Ubuntu, Mandriva, Fedora, Gentoo, Debian, and SUSE Linux. This means they must have something to offer us in terms of usability and stability on the desktop, right? Well, we're here to find out. Read on for the experience I had running this highly regarded distribution..."

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The review is deeply flawed.  It's i ...   Another 'don't bother'   
imric
Mar 12, 2006, 22:57:00
 
This "review" read more like kid whining ...   petulant review   
GreyGeek
Mar 12, 2006, 23:01:15
 
My experiences with MEPIS have been larg ...   I don't agree   
Henry Yen
Mar 13, 2006, 11:20:07
 
Give Kanotix a try. It has the latest of ...   Re: I don't agree   
xxx
Mar 13, 2006, 19:00:20
 
> I really love that 4.2Mb flashmedia vi ...   Re: petulant review   
Robert
Mar 13, 2006, 19:04:41
 
  I really love that 4.2Mb flashmedia vi ...   Re: Re: petulant review   
GreyGeek
Mar 13, 2006, 20:59:03
 
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