{"id":293,"date":"2009-06-29T20:05:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/didnt-you-use-another-linux-at-one-time\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:05:53","slug":"didnt-you-use-another-linux-at-one-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/2009\/06\/29\/didnt-you-use-another-linux-at-one-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Didn’t you use another Linux at one time?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editors note, as of June 2024 this web server, and indeed most of our web servers now run Debian. As do many of our desktop and laptop machines.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 1995 our ISP set us up on a server running FreeBSD. Then in 2005 we built our own server, moved to Linux and chose a ‘live CD’ product based on Debian Linux called Simply Mepis. At the time, if you wanted a quick out-of-the-box solution with a minimum of messing about, I think Mepis was the best of the Linux distributions for the non-nerdy. It had everything you need for a basic user, including OpenOffice.org which will open & save most Micro$oft office documents. Mepis, like many of the newer Linuxes boasts loads of other nice features too, such as an adware-free weather station and network clock sync. You can download it for free from…<\/p>\n