Second KDE distribution 'based on' Ubuntu - MEPIS

[Christoph Wiesen]

Hello,

thought this might be an interesting bit of information for this list.

Warren Woodford recently announced that MEPIS, a KDE-centric distribution 
formerly based on Debian (stable or unstable, depending on current state of 
Debian) will be releasing a test version "incorporating software from the 
Ubuntu Dapper package pools".
Besides Kubuntu this would be the second source for KDE software packages for 
current (k)ubuntu releases.
Seems like a good thing for Kubuntu as well - more packages, more users, more 
testing.

You can read the full announcement here:
http://www.mepis.org/node/9454

Maybe some of the MEPIS configuration tools will now finally find their way 
into Kubuntu. Though I'm not sure what their current state is. Back in the 
day when I was using MEPIS they had some nice QT-based configuration 
utilities for installation, user setup and what not - we'll see if something 
will make it into Kubuntu and complement system settings / guideance.

Regards,
Chris