Re: Debian Lenny Based SimplyMEPIS 8.0 is Released
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:07 -0800
Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> 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 marvellous?
> >>
> >>
> >> 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 for you with a
>
>
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Mepis (Warren Woodford) has given plenty to the community and he is not
> untouchable, it's Debian that needs to take the initiative, I contacted
> Daniel Baumann (Debian Live) about trying Mepis and he said he wanted to
> and would give Mepis a try, but in the time he said he would, he did
> not. I think Daniel has the same mind as Klaus Knopper and that is that
> the live cd is a tool and not meant to be installed. So if you guys want
> tools in Debian you need to talk to the Debian Dev's or KDE Dev's or
> Gnome Dev's, but I think it's best as a Live CD and Daniel is the Dev
> for that.
I don't know Daniel, and I have no idea what's going through his head.
I just want to point out that he contributes a great deal to Debian,
and quite likely spends a great deal of time doing it:
~$ grep-available -F maintainer Baumann -s Package
Package: libpth20
Package: libdvdread3
Package: libdvdread4
Package: dwm-tools
Package: ncurses-base
Package: expect
Package: dvd+rw-tools
Package: libglib1.2
Package: ncurses-bin
Package: libungif4g
Package: libgif4
Package: libmagic1
Package: iftop
Package: ttf-bitstream-vera
Package: file
Package: traceroute
Package: libncurses5-dev
Package: thttpd-util
Package: librsync1
Package: libncurses5
Package: unclutter
Package: dwm
Package: cdrdao
Package: kqemu-source
Package: libkeyutils1
Package: iceweasel-l10n-he
Package: gqview
Package: wmii-doc
Package: kqemu-common
Package: bsdmainutils
Package: hostname
Package: libglib1.2ldbl
Package: acct
Package: thttpd
Package: dosfstools
Package: ncurses-term
Package: libncursesw5
Package: wmii
Package: libdvdnav4
Package: rdiff-backup
Package: libcdparanoia0
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