Could Mepis have been Ubuntu?
Linux has been a part of my life for a number of years now. In one period I leaned heavily on live CDs loaded with Knoppix for my notebook use, along with a trusty Prism PCMCIA card for connectivity. But once I discovered SimplyMepis (also known as Mepis), I found that Knoppix was simply too time consuming. I enjoyed Mepis for a while, though I ended up moving to Ubuntu due to stagnation in Mepis development.
Over time one thing led to another, and the Mepis project tried an Ubuntu code base for a while, which did not work out so well. Later on, the project coordinator moved Mepis back to its Debian base as Ubuntu's proved to be problematic. Unfortunately by the time this had happened, too much time had passed without any real new clear benefit from the Mepis camp and many users appeared to have jumped ship for other distributions.
Despite the fact that today SimplyMepis is back and in full swing with a beta available of SimplyMepis 8, most people would never know this due to the incredible lack of media coverage. After all, Linux is never spoken of these days without the name Ubuntu accompanying it. With any luck, this article will work to change this.
Mepis has some great things to offer, despite its shaky history of its maintainer going for a few months without a word.
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