[Leaplist] Diffrences between Mepis 6.5 Vs. Mepis 7.0

[patrick]

Randall Perry wrote:
> Since Mepis 7 is based on Debian etch, the following can be applied
> (no all distros disable apm).
> This is how to enable apm and disable acpi:
> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/56680-how-suspend-my-debian-etch-laptop-wheres-apm.html
> 
> On 12/28/07, Randall Perry <randallp at hcrn.info> wrote:
>> There is a bug regarding acpi in Mepis 7.0
>> You probably also note that in that Turian notebook that you cannot
>> simply hit the power button to shut it down (like you could in 6.5)
>>
>> You can disable acpi when booting.
>>
>> On 12/28/07, Ram K. Singh <rksingh54 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Is it due to processors  in my two notebooks that I see Mepis 7.0 not so
>>> desirable?  After all what is the bigger and/or better in Mepis 7.0?
>>>
>>> What is bigger and/or better in Mepis7.0 compared with Mepis 6.5? I have
>>> Mepis 6.5 on my wife's notebook that has Athlon 64 processor, and that works
>>> flawlessly. My notebook with Turian 64 has mepis 7.0 that hangs during
>>> shutdown and goes in a tailspining loop during startup?
>>>
>>> Ram
>>>
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> 
> 
Ah, So! Mepis 7.0 is based upon Debian Etch, and not Ubuntu, as was
Mepis 6.5!  That would account for some differences.

I notice that each distro of GNU/Linux concentrates upon different
services, and that some not so important to the developers of a distro,
are not perfected until the users complain on the forums.

I think I'll wait to switch to Mepis 7.0.  At least until the Ubuntu
repositories expire in a couple years.