I actually have installed and used this since this post. SimplyMEPIS truly is an awesome distro. The install literally took 20 mins, and it auto-detected everything. Debian-based so you know its rock solid. Nothing to set up. I highly advise anyone who is looking into a nice, easy, stable desktop distro to check it out.
Obviously, if gentoo or slack is your thing you wont like this, but I think that it targets a different crowd. Chris Tortorich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] excellent article on Simply Mepis On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 09:06, Will Hill wrote: > Duh, sorry. > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3135712364.html > > I got it off Slashdot, where else? It was worth sharing. > > On Sunday 31 October 2004 08:43 am, Ed wrote: > > > Will, > > > > Thats an excellent review of the article and I would love to read it, so > > WHERE THE HAIL IS IT?......:) > > > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net I must agree, it is a most excellent article! The author states "The typical desktop user doesn't want to become a computer expert to do their work. They do not want to learn a new operating system to get their work done. They want an easy way to access the tools they need to get their job done and they need a robust and reliable environment to run their applications." The key words in the above statement are "typical desktop user" and I could not agree more. Keeping this in mind has been the reason that we have seen distros like Mepis, Knoppix, Lycoris, Libranet, ELX, Xandros and others come to the marketplace and enjoy the success that they have enjoyed so far. Ed _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
