Brian Kelsay wrote:

Glad you like it and maybe found a keeper. I just installed the newest stable version of Mepis (2004.06) on a desktop system so I could stop running from CD. I also plan to test the latest test release on the same PC and compare. It's worked well for me. Some things can be difficult installing due to the apt-pinning, but you can get help from other Debian users and on the Mepis forums and IRC.

When you used apt-get to install IceWM, did it get added as an option to the login screen? There is some nice automation in Debian systems like apps being auto added to the K menu in KDE after an apt-get. I don't have to restart for a rescan of apps or anything, they just appear.

Save your LiveCD of Mepis in case you fubar your X config or GRUB.

Brian Kelsay

IceWM was automatically added to the menu in the login screen ... I think I got the older IceWM, and would like to try the experimental over the weekend ... it might be a bit less "gritty" ;-)

I did add all suggested packages for IceWM from the pre-install list while having my "apt-fest" last night.

Mepis is a nicely polished distro, deserving of some kind of contribution. It may very soon end up on my more serious home office desktop, even though SuSE has been a good choice.

For the road, do you have any experience with Mepis for re-sizing NTFS partitions for a dual-boot? Or maybe I should just leave my poor old laptop alone ... it is working fine right now!

Rick