OSNews: Mepis Linux: Despite Lack of Polish, A Worthwhile Distro

“Mepis Linux is a liveCD, debian based distro, with some
additional features, which makes it an excellent introduction to
debian. A recent review provided a good overview of the background
and basis of Mepis, my review aims to focus more on the day to day
use for a desktop user.

” Having tried a variety of easy to install versions of debian,
including Knoppix, Bonzai and Morphix I was keen to give Mepis a
try after hearing some excellent reports about it. The test machine
was an Athlon 900Mhz, with 256MB ram, onboard AC97 audio, a
flyvideo98 TV Card and a TNT2 graphics card (Yes I know its time to
upgrade that). Version 2003.10 of Mepis was used. Mepis comes with
two cds, only the first is needed though, with the second disk
having additional software you can install once you have a hard
drive installation.

“I’ve been using linux on and off for 3 or 4 years now and so am
fairly adept at using linux, but might struggle if left with
nothing but a command line. I’ve used linux as my sole home desktop
for the last two years, for basic desktop purposes, and that is the
perspective that this review is based on…”

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