On Wednesday 18 April 2007 11:53, ॐ wrote: > Out of curiosity I checked Mepis.org. I have been using Mandriva SNIP
I am basically a computer user, not connected with programmeing, development, IT etc. With viruses and other threats and costs issues I looked into Linux some 7/8 years back and liked the philosophy. I am continuing to use it and advocate its use whenever possible. (It is not always possible, some sites, like my sharebroker's, require Internet Explorer for doing business.) During last 7/8 years, I have traveled through many distributions. My first distribution was RedHat 5.0 which I received with RedHat Linux for Dummies. I switched over to PCQ Linux 7.1 and used it for a few years. Then I switched to Mandrake 9.0, upgraded to 10.0 and used it for quite some time. Later I bought a laptop (Toshiba R-10, Tablet PC) and looked at various options about suitable distribution. At that time SuSE Linux (10.0) scored more than Mandrake (soon it became Mandriva). It offered more options for installation of softwares through internet. I now have SuSE 10.2, installed through internet (I have BSNL Dataone internet access) and is working fine on the laptop (dual boot with win XP and a partition free to experiment with other distributions.) These have been RPM based installations. On net and other references, people have reported availability of a wider selection of softwares on Debian platform. So 3/4 months back, I searched through references and also looked at distro-watch websites. Mepis was top scorer in almost every review with Ubuntu, SuSE and Mandriva being close second or third. (This was for my desktop, more used for entertainment purpose by kids.) And it did offer a wider selection of applications, particularly games! It is not too much hassle to switch over to Mandriva 2007, but Mepis is working (was working) pretty good till this hitch. If I am unable to sort this out, I'll switch over to some other distribution. Regards Vikas Garud -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
