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Maybe, but Ubuntu is still number 1 at Distrowatch.
To add my own part to this discussion, I have used both Ubuntu and Mepis for some time now. Mepis is by far easier to install and use. Warren added a great centralized system application to install your graphics drivers, monitor settings etc. What bothered me about Mepis was KDE's mounting system (I like Gnome's volume manager better), long boot times, and file system checking at startup, which took forever to get to the log in screen - in turn cause a few kernel panics as well. Ubuntu (installed in my girlfriend's and my main Linux machines) has almost the exact Debain installer (which is no problem for those used to Debian), but has a great guide on how to install and configure almost everything one could need to get thier work done. Ubuntu has a great hardware detection system, by far superior to Mepis (reconized my nvidia card and my monitor and set xorg.conf accordingly - though no nvidia drivers only the base kernel modules), and with Gnome's volume manager, I could plug in any (I have 5) one of my usb drives and they are all recognized, and mounted for me to use. What bothers me about Ubuntu, is the myriad of configuring one has to do on a base install, with Mepis it just worked, but I liked the fact that I know some more of the inner workings of linux. Another plus to Ubuntu, is you can do a netinstall like Debian (something another poster in this thread mentioned they could not do), I have played around with a xorg/XFCE/firefox base install and still not ever needing Gnome on a machine that didnt require a heavier WM.
Really, it is up to the user and what they require and what is easiest for them. I use both Ubuntu and Debian so right now they are number 1 in my book.
