On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:58:35 -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
[...]
> I agree with what you say, but is not the case with Debian-Live it only
> covers amd64 and i386.
Great for a desktop system Jimmy, however, Debian is for more than just
desktop systems. You have stated a preference for live CDs and
tyler wrote:
Jimmy Johnson writes:
>
> > If Warren still hasn't released his tools under a Free license, I
> > would question the statement that Warren has given plenty to the
> > community.
>
> He gave his life savings to the development of Mepis and is now
> living hand to mouth, wha
tyler writes:
> Has Warren since changed his position on licensing his own programs?
Apologies for replying to my own post, but I did some more digging, and
apparently the Mepis tools have indeed been released under a Free
Software license:
http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17736&
Jimmy Johnson writes:
> H.S. wrote:
>> Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>>> Neil Ellwood wrote:
>>>
Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more
>>> reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when
>>> the original is marvellous?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Neil, I'm along
Michael M. Moore wrote:
Daryl Styrk wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was
something wrong with Mepis I would not suggest you trying it, saying
that, Mepis has one click tools that Debian don't have, like it will
repair grub for you with a
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:07 -0800
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> H.S. wrote:
> > Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> >> Neil Ellwood wrote:
> >>
> >>> Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more
> >> reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when the
> >> original is ma
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:09:38 -0800
"Michael M. Moore" wrote:
...
> They don't call it "the universal operating system" for nothing. I
> think only NetBSD, 'the operating system you can run on your toaster,'
> supports more architectures, but my impressions may be outdated.
And now it runs on
Daryl Styrk wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was
something wrong with Mepis I would not suggest you trying it, saying
that, Mepis has one click tools that Debian don't have, like it will
repair grub for you with a click or reinstall a work
H.S. wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Neil Ellwood wrote:
Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more
reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when the
original is marvellous?
Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was something
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was something
wrong with Mepis I would not suggest you trying it, saying that, Mepis
has one click tools that Debian don't have, like it will repair grub for
you with a click or reinstall a working x-configuration
> Wonderful! Repairing grub and X with a click seems to be very useful to
> desktop users. Can't Mepis give back to Debian by providing these
> packages to Debian repos? Other such GUI conveniences too.
>
Not all of these GUI packages might be GPL, or free, so may not be possible
to be in the Debi
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Neil Ellwood wrote:
>
>> Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more
> reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when the
> original is marvellous?
>
>
> Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was something
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Neil Ellwood wrote:
>
> > Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more
> reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when the
> original is marvellous?
>
>
> Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7
Neil Ellwood wrote:
> Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more
reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when the
original is marvellous?
Hi Neil, I'm along time Debian user (7 years) and if there was something
wrong with Mepis I would not s
I have now done 4 installs of the Mepis 8.0 final, two 64bit with ATI
Radeon and one 32bit with Intel video and the drivers where installed
with the system and one 64bit with nVidia video, I used the Mepis
Assistant to install the GLX driver for it and used the save /home
option on all installs
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