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welcome to the forum.
Liz

Thank you for the welcome. I have used Lindows / Linspire since Oct. of 02. I am also an "Insider" and a Lifetime Member. I was wondering if Mepis has the same type of "subscriptions"??? I really like Linspire, but I have been getting bored waiting on the 5.0 beta to come out, so I have been playing . I have tried Fedora Core 2, and Mepis & Linspire are a LOT better IMO. As I am a newbie to Mepis, what can you tell me about it? I installed the beta 3 (?) version, updated ALL packages using Synaptic, and Mepis "seems" rock solid.

Harvey

My 2 cents worth , and yes, I give change

I remember you from Linspire, the guy with the funny avatar ( if I remember correctly, it was a samuray swinging a katana, right? ).

So far, we don't have subscriptions here, but everybody is welcome to support MEPIS either by advocating about it in other forums, financially ( buying registrations, downloads or cds from it ), but that's not all, you can also help aswering questions in these forums.

Glad to see you around, buddy.

Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids -- Arab Proverb

Wow---Thanks for remembering me. Yes, my avatar was the ninga beating the evil "spyware and Micro$oft" with a sword What was your forum name at Linspire? I really like Mepis, but I also like Linspire, too. Could you give me some advice on the best purchase option for Mepis? I TRULY don't mind paying money for GREAT products. I am not one of those "Linux should be free" advocates. I would be glad to stick around and help out in these forums. What areas are needed most? My specialty is helping people install the OS and some networking. I am an advanced user in MS products, and OS's, but relatively new to Linux.

Once again, a very sincere and heart felt thanks for such a warm welcome. I guess I could use my same avatar here, too.

Harvey

My 2 cents worth , and yes, I give change

I was very close to remember that avatar, but not so close as I thought, 'cause samurays were from Japan, while ninjas were mainly Chinese, but that isn't so revelant here, the important thing's you're now trying MEPIS & hopefully you'll keep using for a long time., right?.

I'm not a "Linux should always be free" type of person either, mainly "cause I understand that developers are persons too & they also have families & bills to pay, so the best I can do if I'm using the products they created, is paying some money to help them.

In Lispire, I don't have only one forum ( I'm not a mod there ), but I'm trying to help practically everywhere. Something very similar to what I do here

I think you can use the very same avatar ( if you still like it, of course ).

If you're interested in helping out, you're very welcome. These forums are still fresh & wwe need lots of help. So, please, put away your sword (you don't want to chop people, right?) & start answering queestions.

Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids -- Arab Proverb

I tried to load my avatar, but got an error message saying it needs to be no more than 85x85, which Linspire's maximums were 80x80, and it worked fine there, so I don't know what the deal is. I was wondering what name you used over at Linspire's forums?? The reason I even tried Mepis is that I was bored waiting for the beta release of Linspire 5.0. I downloaded Fedora Core 2, also. While I have used Red Hat for awhile, and had 9.0 installed, I figured I would try it. Long story short---Not worth the download IMO. It couldn't find my home network at all, and while Red Hat did, with no problems, I just couldn't figure it out :roll: It was not worth the trouble.

While I have no intentions of abandoning Linspire, I do plan to use and explore Mepis a great deal. I am also going to buy it, in order to help support it. What, in your opinion, is the best deal?? I truly want to buy it soon. I am IMPRESSED so far with Mepis, and I really would like to stick around these forums to help out. Who knows, maybe someone will ask me to be a moderator here , which I would be happy to do. I posted under the same forum name in Linspire as I have here, so anyone could look and see.

Harvey

My 2 cents worth , and yes, I give change

I've used different names over the years ( not 'cause I want to hide from anyone, I'm not the Evil Dr. & his multiple clones either ), but just for fun & I've changed avatars & sigs too, for the same reason.

You mention your avatar's too big for MEPIS, well, to fix that you probably may use some program to alter the avatar a bit ( I think the GIMP can do it) or if not, go web hunting for a new one.

There are several options to buy MEPIS in the initial page & also the link appears at the heading of each page. Some people buy downloads, some others, spend a few dollars in registrations or cds. Each option's equally important.

Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids -- Arab Proverb