MEPIS Founder Plans Transition To Ubuntu

[Sasha Tsykin]

Lukas Sabota wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 22:29 -0400, Rob! ... wrote:
>> On 3/26/06, Jerome Gotangco <jgotangco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> http://au.sys-con.com/read/198622.htm
>>>
>>> "The switch to the Ubuntu pools was made to provide our users with a
>>> more stable underlying system. Of course it's important for our users
>>> that MEPIS remains true to its unique vision. I believe this release
>>> demonstrates that we can combine the magic of the MEPIS user
>>> experience with the goodness of the Ubuntu Foundation."
>>>
> 
> If their going to use the ubuntu base, why don't they contribute
> directly to Ubuntu?  How do their goals differ?  Both Ubuntu and MEPIS
> are GNOME desktop distributions, what does MEPIS want to do differently
> than Ubuntu?
> 
> 
My understanding is that they aim to provide some software which si not 
free, often with fairly serious licensing issues for Ubuntu (although 
they have gotten around that, I think by making that version of it 
non-free).

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong

Sasha