First, I love being on broadband.... I already have the v3.4.3 ISO already sitting on my hard drive ready to burn should I need it. Second, I've found Mepis to be quite the nice distro too. I also like SUSE. I've played with v10.0 and with a few "tweaks" it will play commercial DVDs quite nicely with Kaffine. -- ---- ------ Todd Young -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: TCLUG Review<webmaster at mn-linux.org> > New TCLUG Review > > Category: Linux Distros > > Subject: MEPIS Get Yourself a Copy > > After a year of experimenting, I finally found the best, (for now) distro out > there! It's MEPIS 3.4-2, and all I can say is "everything works, so get > yourself a copy!" > > This is a complete replacement for desktop Windows allowing even a newbe like > me to finally close the MS windows for good. I even got the wife as a 'user' and > she loves it. > > Here's what we are running: AMD Sempron 2300+ on a Asus A7V8X-X motherboard, 512 > Mb RAM, CD R-W, Floppy, 40 GB hard drive, and 6 USB 2.0 ports. My printer is an > Epson 777. I'm stuck with dial-up (rural ND) and use an Actiontec 56K external > modem to connect to the net. > > MEMPIS comes with some really great software. We especially like DigiKam (for > photos) and the GIMP (for graphics). The Thunderbird mail client and of course > Firefox (deer Park), make mail handling and surfing the net a real pleasure. The > K3B (CD & DVD burning software)program is a real gem and of course you can't get > much better than the Open Office Suite for all those commercial duties. Kaffeine > (the media player) works just great. > > Now I did download two programs that I expecially wanted, but were not included > on the install CD. The first was Audacity, a sound editor (I'm trying podcasts > on blogcity) and GNUCash, a home/business finance package. Both of these > programs work great and installed flawlessly. MEPIS uses the Synaptic Package > Manager to install and remove software; it's easy, fast and...you get it...it > works! > > MEPIS is a really easy distro to install. If you can tie your shoe, you can > install MEPIS. I got my first copy (3.3) from www.bigcat-iso.com for about two > bucks, but when I heard that 3.4-2 was out, I had to have it. So I plunked down > $15 and got the CD direct from www.MEPIS.org. > > Try this one, you'll like it! > > > > > > http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/reviews/index.cgi > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list