On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:58:35 -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
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I agree with what you say, but is not the case with Debian-Live it only
covers amd64 and i386.
Great for a desktop system Jimmy, however, Debian is for more than just
desktop systems. You have stated a preference for live CDs and
Jimmy Johnson field.engin...@gmail.com writes:
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
tyler tyler.sm...@mail.mcgill.ca writes:
Has Warren since changed his position on licensing his own programs?
Apologies for replying to my own post, but I did some more digging, and
apparently the Mepis tools have indeed been released under a Free
Software license:
tyler wrote:
Jimmy Johnson writes:
If Warren still hasn't released his tools under a Free license, I
would question the statement that Warren has given plenty to the
community.
He gave his life savings to the development of Mepis and is now
living hand to mouth, what else do
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
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Jimmy Johnson field.engin...@gmail.comwrote:
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
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
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.
Not all of these GUI packages might be GPL, or free, so may not be possible
to be in the Debian
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
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
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
Daryl Styrk wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
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
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:09:38 -0800
Michael M. Moore mich...@writemoore.net wrote:
...
They don't call it the universal operating system for nothing. I
think only NetBSD, 'the operating system you can run on your toaster,'
supports more architectures, but my impressions may be outdated.
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
Michael M. Moore wrote:
Daryl Styrk wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
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
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