MEPIS Community Forum

I've been using Linux on and off - sometimes more off than on ;-) - for quite a few years. I started with a boxed openSUSE (still SuSE Linux at that time), later Libranet, and when that ceased to exist moved to Kanotix. When Kanotix went (almost) dead I moved to sidux. (Which is now aptosid.) A nice distribution, but irc/forum support with an attitude and I got tired of having to keep upgrading the system. While you have a very current system (newest versions of everything) that worked quite well, you must upgrade at least every few weeks or so, otherwise you can end up with an non-upgradable system. After a break of about a year or so I moved to SimplyMEPIS 8.5 and then to 11 when it came out. I really like it so far. :-) A nice and reliable, usable system with a stable base with more recent versions of end-user applications on top, plus a nice community and great documentation. And upgrading is optional, if you'd like to stick to an older version of a certain application for a while, you can. Although security updates are always recommended of course.

This has been my experience as well and couldn't say it better.

My first, and still favorite, distro is Mepis, but I don't use it for daily activities. Mint 12 is my choice among many others, because of its functionality and ease of use. Why did I abandon Mepis? I spent untold hours trying to get it to reliably print without success. Both Ubuntu and Mint print "out of the box" and that sold me on making a change. After using Cinnamon in Mint, KDE seems clunky and illogical (read activities). Mepis is a cult and the members are knowledgeable and responsive when a noobie confronts a problem. The Forum is the best and I still read it almost daily because it has both useful and entertaining information. When the new release occurs, whatever it's called, I'll definitely try again to make Mepis my main distro. I hope it happens soon before the fall from 34th to 58th accelerates and it falls completely off the Distro Watch chart.