Comments on: It finally hit me why Mepis / Debian rocks

By: neo

neo — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:03:12 +0000

hey dude!! im usin use right now cause it needs some old school drills thats why i opted out from gnome…ok can you tell me how do i mset up a dial up connection in my kde..waitin for mails

By: Arjun

Arjun — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:45:47 +0000

Ya, i just tried out Mepis myself recently. Its really amazing! I used Fedora before and had lot of trouble with my hardware. Mepis worked like magic. No hitches. The latest version has more softwares than anyone can possibly need. The only domain where i felt it lacked was Development. It doesn’t provide any of my favorite IDE’s like anjuta by default. Otherwise Mepis rocks!!!

By: gregord

gregord — Mon, 30 May 2005 12:17:04 +0000

Just to update the original review:
SimplyMepis is now up to version 3.31 and both Synaptic and Firefox ( with several others ) are included. One of the joys of Mepis is that the users are listened to and suggestions acted on.
I have tried several distros and this is the one for me LOL.
Dave -UK.

By: Swaroop C H

Swaroop C H — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:25:52 +0000

William: Thank you for explaining about the real meaning of Ubuntu. It surely was good to hear about that … I am curious as to what is Ubuntu’s business plan? (It needs some method to sustain it’s activities in the long run) I’m more interested in the part in how Africa plays a role in their plans.

By: William

William — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:19:32 +0000

I am currently using Mepis and have just completed downloading and running the live-cd of Kubuntu. As regards the post about the motive behind Ubuntu – Mr Shuttleworth received about $750 million when he sold his company. Projects were funded to provide Linux into schools and libraries in South Africa – this I know as I was also involved in assisting libraries to distribute GPL software. If you have seen the poverty within the townships the you will understand that GPL software is the only way to assist education and the use of such software in developing and establishing new business enterprises to uplift local communities. Ubuntu, in Africa, represents the giving of resources by those who are in a more fortunate position to those who are in greatest need. While business enterprises who “invest” in GPL by purchasing software and services, the making of such GPL software available to the ordinary citizen allows the s development of skills which can complete the circle by creating a more skilled workforce which is needed by the business enterprise. When I was in Cape Town I was invited to the townships to give (free) presentations on Linux – having lived there for 40 years I am very aware of the challenges. No, I do not see Ubuntu developing into something with the mindset of SCO!

By: Swaroop C H

Swaroop C H — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:35:28 +0000

Shyam: there’s only one binary Sify program and that didn’t work!

By: Shyam

Shyam — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:34:07 +0000

Oye! Which part of the Sify program didn’t work on Mepis?

And it seems Mepis uses the Gentoo naming convention for versions :p

By: Swaroop C H

Swaroop C H — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:02:02 +0000

Matt: Just run `/etc/init.d/ssh start`, you should have the OpenSSH daemon running.

By: bob_man_uk

bob_man_uk — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:19:28 +0000

I really liked mepis, moreso than fedora core 3, i know this is a little out of time but i really need to access my install(mepis install) via the command line, (enabling SSH daemon) i downloaded the apt-get packages for ssh and it installed them no problem but ssh still doesnt work, i tried scanning the PC (mepis box) with GFI languard and it only detected VNC (yes i enabled desktop sharing but its slow) and port 80 (web server) which is ok, but i need SSH, and help is appreciated or should i go find some forums? oh and by the way, if anyone else reads this and are toying with the idea of moving but dont want to loose your windows applications, get hold of a copy of crossover office, cedega or wine(wouldnt recommend) i have managed to get internet explorer R5 installed and working without any problems and Putty (shell manager, im sorry but i have a bad memory when it comes to remembering server names/ip addresses) and i use openoffice and other things for all my productivity uses,

thanks for listening,

P.S great review,

cheers,

Matty G

By: Swaroop C H

Swaroop C H — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:32:04 +0000

Shanker Balan uses Reliance for internet on FC3.