Mepis Talk

[Sammi]

I am thinking of trying MEPIS, just to check if it is a more polished KDE platform, than Kubuntu is, because Kubuntu seems a bit rough around the edges to me...

I know that this forum is biased, but still. What are your honest opinions? Which one is better?

PS: Just for the record: I can't stand the dull look of Gnome and also how hard it is to customise in comparison to KDE. So don't give me any beef about using Ubuntu/Gnome instead.

[aysiu]

I won't give you any beef about Gnome, but it is easier to install themes on. It's as dull as you want to make it... or as exciting as you want to make it.

I like Kubuntu better just because I think this community is more knowledgeable and helpful than Mepis' community.

The God-honest truth, though? Mepis is a much better piece of software. More GUI configuration tools. Popular proprietary codecs included in the default installation. And... starting with version 6, it'll be based off Ubuntu anyway.

[mostwanted]

I can't stand the dull look of Gnome and also how hard it is to customise in comparison to KDE.

Arhm. Gnome is much easier to theme than KDE (drag and drop a theme file) and certainly not dull in my opinion, but I guess that's a matter of personal taste.

I see you're from the Faroe Islands, cool! Think I've seen at least one more user from there.

[aysiu]

Yes, Gnome is so dull.

[Sammi]

OK that remark about Gnome was made, so you guys would NOT discuss it. Please. And again for the record, themability is NOT customisability. Customisability is much more.

Back to topic plz.

PS: Jup I'm from the north atlantic. We're not all MS cavemenn in the Faroe Islands

[aysiu]

OK that remark about Gnome was made, so you guys would NOT discuss it. Please. And again for the record, themability is NOT customisability. Customisability is much more.

If you had said, "I like how easy it is to install themes in Gnome, but some other configuration options aren't as easily available as they are in KDE" or even just "I prefer KDE, so do you think I should go for Mepis or Kubuntu," you wouldn't have gotten those responses.

Saying that Gnome is dull is what those screenshots were in response to.

I myself prefer KDE, but you can't really say Gnome is dull and then expect people not to try to convince you otherwise.

[Sammi]

Ok can we just start over without my "Gnome is dull" remark? You've got the power, right aysiu?

This tread is already bloated with non topic text and I think that it's a pity.

[mostwanted]

Ok can we just start over without my "Gnome is dull" remark? You've got the power, right aysiu?

This tread is already bloated with non topic text and I think that it's a pity.

He did give you the answer in his first post!

btw, hvis du er færing betyder det så, du kan dansk? Sorry for being so off-topic, I've never used MEPIS myself.

[Rhapsody]

Well I would (and did) go with Kubuntu over MEPIS because of Kubuntu's strong userbase and the fact that MEPIS comes packaged with a lot of proprietary software (which is something I've been trying to move away from for two or three years now).

But if you don't care about that, then MEPIS is stable and easy to use. It really depends on what you want and need.

[eMuNiX]

I run Mepis and Kubuntu, I must say that I prefer Kubuntu as a vanilla install doesn't have as much bloat to it, however Mepis has a few things that are worth having. A bit like the old SuSE 9.1 personal, a polished KDE with the minimum of apps to keep you going for a browsing machine, that is where I would want Kubuntu to be, then add stuff as required (the bare minimum would be Kubuntu with Automatix I suppose). I too prefer KDE, but that isn't to say that Gnome isn't good, my Kubuntu has a Gnome flavour to its looks anyway with the external taskbar.