M12 11.9.92

[uncle mark]

I too am disappointed at the lack of any further MEPIS development, but it is what it is. Moving to another distro at some future point is not that big a deal for me, but moving away from the Community and all that it entails will be a tough pill to swallow.

Although I have Mepis on all my machines, I moved away from it as my daily driver midway through M11 due to unresolvable issues, and moved to Debian. Having said that, most all of the things I've learned here apply equally to pure Debian, as do packages from the Mepis CRs. I have SolydK HE on a new build, and the same can be said for it too, my point being that this community is still very relevant for me.

Oh, don't worry, you aren't gonna be rid of me any time soon.

But if/when I do move on to something else, I'm not sure how I'd feel about participating here. It would be kind of like me (a dedicated heathen) going to church because I like the music.

[golden45]

I agree mepis and the community is my distro

[rschaffter]

As for the sudo, su debate, I prefer not to have to enter a password multiple times when needing root privileges. Just a choice.

When setting up a machine I always log into the gui as root to set everything up. It's hard to move your home directory with sudo. I've done far more damage as root at a console than I ever did logged into KDE as root...

[lucky9]

It's not too much trouble for me to use kdesu systemsettings in a Konsole/Terminal (I'm the only User). However, to each his own.

[tascoast]

I was curious about wireless card internet support in M 12 but more generally, seeing some appear to use it contentedly, others with seeming glitches, of trying initially under Vbox (being convenient) to familiarise, then install fully in conjunction with the M 11 I'm happily using now, by some logical means. I've been a bit lost trying to locate the current M12 install but unsure of the correct url but ideally a dvd iso...

kindly Mick

[Jerry3904]

I find Network Manager, the default, quite good in most situations. Depends of course on your chipset.

I've been a bit lost trying to locate the current M12 install but unsure of the correct url but ideally a dvd iso...

Nothing has changed here: go to mepis.org, click on Get Mepis tab, select direct download link, and download the correct one for your system.

EDIT: actually, something has changed, because Warren has vastly simplified that page making it much easier to know what to do.

[uncle mark]

I've been a bit lost trying to locate the current M12 install but unsure of the correct url but ideally a dvd iso...

Since it's a beta, M12 is version #11.9.92. In Warren's versioning system, the number approaches the final number but doesn't get numbered with the final version number until it's declared stable.

[tascoast]

Took me a bit of thought to identify what I currently run (SimplyMEPIS-DVD_11.0.12_32) per the live DVD version.* file.

A new test release of MEPIS 12, version 11.9.86, is available for testing.

<http://www.mepis.org/node/176>

Light bulb moment I hope....Downloading.....

SimplyMEPIS-1.5G_11.9.92_32.iso

<http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com/released/>

So essentially, it looks like a minor revision is available for me in 32 bit based on the Mepis pages and I've been looking for something called 'Mepis 12.x ' but this isn't the case until the beta becomes, well, no longer beta., I take it, as a newly enlightened student of linux, hopefully. Perhaps these things are a little confusing for newbies

Look forward to testing it out.

[uncle mark]

So essentially, it looks like a minor revision is available for me in 32 bit based on the Mepis pages and I've been looking for something called 'Mepis 12.x ' but this isn't the case until the beta becomes, well, no longer beta., I take it, as a newly enlightened student of linux, hopefully. Perhaps these things are a little confusing for newbies

NOOO!!!

You have the latest stable version of MEPIS 11.

Technically, MEPIS 12 doesn't exist -- but there have been a couple betas. Version 11.9.x is the latest beta for M12. Version 11.0.x (that you have) is M11. They are vastly different, beginning with their Debian bases and KDE versions.

[tascoast]

So essentially, it looks like a minor revision is available for me in 32 bit based on the Mepis pages and I've been looking for something called 'Mepis 12.x ' but this isn't the case until the beta becomes, well, no longer beta., I take it, as a newly enlightened student of linux, hopefully. Perhaps these things are a little confusing for newbies

NOOO!!!

You have the latest stable version of MEPIS 11.

Technically, MEPIS 12 doesn't exist -- but there have been a couple betas. Version 11.9.x is the latest beta for M12. Version 11.0.x (that you have) is M11. They are vastly different, beginning with their Debian bases and KDE versions.

Aye, I suppose my current M11.x (xp dual boot) install might be named as 'latest stable' or something similar in other distros. I am currently downloading SimplyMEPIS-1.5G_11.9.92_32.iso with FDM in xp which I take to be the latest beta for M12. As for differences in Debian/KDE I'll get a virtual run initially to experience it. Hope that's got things right way up and all. I don't even begin to understand the marvellous innards of the little powerhouse M11 is or the differences between linux streams but stand in awe nonetheless.

cheers
Mick