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MotorCityMan
June 4th, 2008, 03:27 PM
WoW it works. Thank you all for your help. I got mepis to load. is there huge difference between mepis and ubuntu I just want to check email surf the web and not have to deal with viruses and pages locking up. Any recomendations as to what the best os woud be for me to use? I have a 4 yr old ibm think pad p3 1gb with 256mb ram
avtolle
June 4th, 2008, 03:33 PM
With that spec, I'd suggest Xubuntu on the *buntu side. I've not used Mepis, so no thoughts there, but if it works for you and you're satisfied with it, stay with it.
aysiu
June 4th, 2008, 03:43 PM
Either would work fine for you. Since you already have Mepis installed, just use it.

I used Mepis for a month before switching to Ubuntu.
Antman
June 4th, 2008, 04:13 PM
if It Works For You And You're Satisfied With It, Stay With It.
+1
mart007
June 4th, 2008, 11:59 PM
Agree with the previous posts - whatever works for you> I've been using Ubuntu for the last couple of years - picked up an old laptop the other day, DBAN'ed it, and chucked on Mepis. Works like a charm - 1gig, 256 meg of RAM, and it's fine. Very happy with it :)
SunnyRabbiera
June 5th, 2008, 12:48 AM
Using mepis wont be that much different then using ubuntu as both are debian based, only Mepis is based on "true" debian.
The two are comparible, though there are no desktop effects in Mepis
jrusso2
June 5th, 2008, 12:54 AM
Using mepis wont be that much different then using ubuntu as both are debian based, only Mepis is based on "true" debian.
The two are comparible, though there are no desktop effects in Mepis

Does this mean Ubuntu is based on false Debian?
SunnyRabbiera
June 5th, 2008, 01:16 AM
Does this mean Ubuntu is based on false Debian?

I put the quotes in there as many dont think ubuntu is "true" debian
Antman
June 5th, 2008, 09:29 AM
Does this mean Ubuntu is based on false Debian?:lolflag:
SunnyRabbiera
June 5th, 2008, 12:06 PM
But in all serious, both are very good at their jobs.
Also both have very good communities, the Mepis community is one of the most friendly out there.
kazuya
June 5th, 2008, 05:00 PM
I second that mepis is great. I love these distros and many others. Mepis maybe a little lighter or the same. Ubuntu is based on Debian, but has its own packages that may or may not be compatible with debian, and vice versa.

They are both very robust. Debian is very proven though. Right now, I am playing more with Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu.