slartie":8e6o5eiw said:
For convenience I would just stick to Ubuntu. Mepis has a bunch of what I would call "issues" that make for a few frustrations along the way.
I haven't seen any issues. I know some folks don't like Warren. Not sure of the reasons, and don't really care for their reasons of dislike. Worries about violations of the GPL or non-free software are unfounded, or SimplyMEPIS wouldn't be here today. A lot of talk, no substance.
Warren Woodford puts out an excellent distribution. I have had a few difficulties over the past 5 years of using it. A couple versions didn't like my hardware working with newer than Blackdown Java, which prevented me from accessing certain chatrooms. But those always got solved. This is on at least 8 boxes, so I have plenty of experience using it.
7.0 is, for me, well polished. When I set the resolution at the start of the live cd, I don't have to spend weeks trying to tweak menus and toolbars so I can see them. Things work. I don't worry about open an application or applet from the main menu and it not working. I have those issues with Kubuntu.
I am always testing new distributions. I have the latest Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Puppy, AntiX, and Sabayon 64. Helps to have multiple machines. If I find something better than Mepis, I will use it.