Mad Penguin: Kubuntu vs. Simply Mepis 6.0: The Superiority Complex | Linux Today

Mad Penguin: Kubuntu vs. Simply Mepis 6.0: The Superiority Complex

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Nov 1, 2006

[ 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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MH

Matt Hartley

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