I'd agree about Mepis. Considering it is a one man job it is
excellent. I've been disappointed with kubuntu compared with ubuntu.
Ubuntu documentation is what keeps me a supporter but if i wanted KDE
i'd choose Mepis. Considering the number of staff at Canonical cf
Mepis i am disappointed with them in some respects. As for rpm based
distros... tried suse and fedora (great on looks but package
management lets them down). Nothing to compare with APT in my opinion.