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:Mad Penguin: Kubuntu vs. Simply Mepis 6.0: The Superiority Complex
Mad Penguin: Kubuntu vs. Simply Mepis 6.0: The Superiority Complex
Nov 1, 2006, 20 :30 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (8286 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

[ Thanks to Matt D. for this link. ]

"Which Linux distribution is the easiest to install and use with as little tweaking as possible? On the KDE front, two of the key choices are Kubuntu and Simply Mepis. Yes, I realize that some users consider SuSE to be a player, and that's great, it has some great features. However, it's simply not an 'out of the box' friendly option as the previously mentioned distributions. After receiving enough SuSE 10.1 update errors, you will likely find yourself agreeing with me. Moving on...

"Having been a once loyal fan of Simply Mepis myself, I can understand the attraction to this distribution as a stable, easy to use option to get your feet wet inside of a KDE desktop environment..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The worst non review I ever read. Author ...   Mad Penguin: Kubuntu vs. Simply Mepis 6.0: The Sup   
secodone
Nov 1, 2006, 22:28:06
 
I don't use either but I tried them  ...   Kubuntu is better IMO   
Adrian
Nov 2, 2006, 01:20:48
 
Since I installed MEPIS 6.0 I have insta ...   IMO MEPIS-6.0 is better! :-)   
GreyGeek
Nov 2, 2006, 02:47:25
 
PCLinuxOS was the easiest install I' ...   PCLinuxOS   
Eric Hawk
Nov 2, 2006, 23:00:02
 
I don't want to have a distro which  ...   I don't know   
maba
Jan 3, 2007, 01:32:31
 
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