Knoppix vs Mepis

[sbasak]

Which is better?

Considering -

Bootable from Live DVD
Winmodem support
Persistent storage in USB disk
Varieties of installed applications
Ease of installing/adding new applications

Thanx

[Sef]

Which is better?

Which ever one fits your needs better is the better one. Try them both and see which one is best for you.

[dermotti]

Mepis is switching to Ubuntu Repositories soon. The experimental version, downloadable only by subscibers, so far is doing awesome.

So in my mind Ubuntu repos > debian repos, which knoppix uses.

Debian is always behind on the latest packages. And their etch repos, are rather up to date, are so unstable i wouldnt even bother using them.


So Mepis > Knoppix if you want stable bleeding edge packages.

[sbasak]

Mepis is switching to Ubuntu Repositories soon

What is the meaning of this?

[Alpha_toxic]

What is the meaning of this?

Future releases of mepis are going to be based on Ubuntu.

[briancurtin]

What is the meaning of this?

it means that Mepis is switching to Ubuntu Repositories soon

[Zodiac]

Why not just use Kubuntu then??

I don't get it.

[freedomforme]

Actually warren already released a version with a Ubuntu base. Did he alos go strictly with Ubuntu reposor is he pulling from various places? I would say that while it will use the Ubuntu base it will still have mepis tools and be more like warren wants it to be...
maybe

[aysiu]

Which is better?

Considering -

Bootable from Live DVD

I don't think there's a Mepis DVD, so Knoppix probably wins this one.

Winmodem support

Mepis is Knoppix-based at the moment, but I'm not sure what version of Knoppix it's using Knoppix prides itself on its hardware recognition, so the latest version of Knoppix probably has better detection than the latest version of Mepis.

Persistent storage in USB disk

Knoppix is designed to do this and has it as a menu item. Mepis may be able to do this, but it isn't set up for you.

Varieties of installed applications

Knoppix has just about every application it can squeeze in.

Ease of installing/adding new applications

Mepis, hands down.