On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:07 -0800 Jimmy Johnson <field.engin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> H.S. wrote: > > Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> Neil Ellwood wrote: > >> > >>> Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more > >> reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when the > >> original is marvellous? > >> > >> > >> Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was something > >> wrong with Mepis I would not suggest you trying it, saying that, Mepis > >> has one click tools that Debian don't have, like it will repair grub for > >> you with a click or reinstall a working x-configuration for you with a > > > > > Wonderful! Repairing grub and X with a click seems to be very useful to > > desktop users. Can't Mepis give back to Debian by providing these > > packages to Debian repos? Other such GUI conveniences too. > > > Mepis (Warren Woodford) has given plenty to the community and he is not > untouchable, it's Debian that needs to take the initiative, I contacted > Daniel Baumann (Debian Live) about trying Mepis and he said he wanted to > and would give Mepis a try, but in the time he said he would, he did > not. I think Daniel has the same mind as Klaus Knopper and that is that > the live cd is a tool and not meant to be installed. So if you guys want > tools in Debian you need to talk to the Debian Dev's or KDE Dev's or > Gnome Dev's, but I think it's best as a Live CD and Daniel is the Dev > for that. I don't know Daniel, and I have no idea what's going through his head. I just want to point out that he contributes a great deal to Debian, and quite likely spends a great deal of time doing it: ~$ grep-available -F maintainer Baumann -s Package Package: libpth20 Package: libdvdread3 Package: libdvdread4 Package: dwm-tools Package: ncurses-base Package: expect Package: dvd+rw-tools Package: libglib1.2 Package: ncurses-bin Package: libungif4g Package: libgif4 Package: libmagic1 Package: iftop Package: ttf-bitstream-vera Package: file Package: traceroute Package: libncurses5-dev Package: thttpd-util Package: librsync1 Package: libncurses5 Package: unclutter Package: dwm Package: cdrdao Package: kqemu-source Package: libkeyutils1 Package: iceweasel-l10n-he Package: gqview Package: wmii-doc Package: kqemu-common Package: bsdmainutils Package: hostname Package: libglib1.2ldbl Package: acct Package: thttpd Package: dosfstools Package: ncurses-term Package: libncursesw5 Package: wmii Package: libdvdnav4 Package: rdiff-backup Package: libcdparanoia0 Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org