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OSNews: Linux Desktop Distro Shootout Part III: Mepis Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 10, 2003

“MEPIS Linux (MEPIS = Managerial Education and Personal
Information Systems) is the brainchild of Warren Woodford, who
operates out of Morgantown, WV. Morgantown is a very small city in
northern West Virginia (state motto, ‘Mountaineers are always
free’).

“Readers of my two previous articles will notice that I have
temporarily dropped the use of my plus/minus rating system. I will
explain the reason for this later on. This review is atypical in
another respect, in that it includes several quotes from Warren
himself. Ultimately this turned into a sort of half review–half
interview. I think this is appropriate considering the dual nature
of MEPIS itself. Anyway, it’s my article and this is how I wrote
it…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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