course if there is always Ubuntu or Kubuntu which your distro is based
off of
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Mark Warner <markwarner1954@att.net> wrote:
>
>
> ted mishler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am new to linux, and downloaded XPressLinux as an iso, and it works great. I'd like to learn a few things though, and wondered when the group is going to get together? Or is it that everyone just emails questions now?
>
> XPressLinux is one I hadn't heard of. Appears to be an old (circa 2006,
> perhaps abandoned?) Kubuntu derivative.
>
> That being the case, I can probably give you some general tips and
> pointers from a relatively new user's standpoint, but won't be able to
> address that distro specifically.
>
> If you'd like to try something else, something that's current but
> similar, I would recommend you take a look at SimplyMEPIS v8:
>
> https://www.mepis.org/
> http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/index.php
>
> Like Kubuntu, it's based on Debian, uses the KDE desktop (the tried and
> true version 3.5.10), and is geared to the newcomer.
>
> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/40264:
>
> "SimplyMepis - This is one of the Debian derivatives that takes a stable
> base and builds it into one mighty fine desktop distributions. It was
> one of the first to offer one of those install and go solutions. It was
> the first to include that proprietary code others avoided for legal
> reasons. They offer paid support options, but not on the scale of
> Novell, Red Hat, or Mandriva. And it always looks pretty too.
> SimplyMepis is another one that pops into mind if I need a quick, easy,
> and guaranteed successful system."
>
> --
> Mark Warner
> MEPIS Linux
> Registered Linux User #415318
>
>
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