My Linux migration story started in 2009, when I bought a tiny Asus Eee pc netbook pre-installed with Linux, a version of Xandros that I did not like much.
In trying to replace it, I had my first encounter with Xubuntu (no wi-fi support), Debian (minimal shell), and Mandriva, which I installed because it supported wi-fi out of the box.
My brother, Megatotoro, decided to find a Linux distro more to his liking and chose Mepis.
Mepis became the distro of choice for rescue purposes: in live mode, it was perfect to get inside a misbehaving Windows install and retrieve important files. However, after we abandoned Windows for good, I could see that Mepis could shine with its own light, not just because it was a great rescue tool to have around for those frequent times in which Windows failed.
With Mepis 2011, Warren Woodford, the creator of Mepis, achieved a beautiful polish and rock-solid stability. I never understood why this distro was not so popular in the DistroWatch ranking.
Then, the development of Mepis stalled and Warren Woodford went silent after a communication on November 5th, 2013.
This happened exactly two years ago.
Mepis is now marked as dormant in DistroWatch.
Of course, the Mepis community has been active all this time. While some have switched distros, others have stayed.
The fusion of the Mepis and the AntiX communities originated MX Linux.
I still miss Mepis, though.
A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx ROME 5.0, Mageia 9, MX 19, Manjaro 23.1, and Elive 3.
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My First 12 Days with Mageia 10: How to enable repos with dnf5
Well, 12 days have passed since I migrated all of my desktop, laptop, and portable work system to Mageia 10. I have not used the work system...
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