Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 08:33:42PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Some people find the Ubuntu spin-off inappropriate (why didn't they just
> donate to Debian and try to get a commitment on release cycles?), and
> others have embraced it and are all fuzzy warm about it. Whatever.
>
> Me? I just kick back and enjoy the flamefests and trolling... if
> there's one thing that never changes about the Net and Free Software,
> it's that. It's almost comforting to read a good flamefest these
> days... the joys of my youth, so to speak.
I like to stick to pure Debian. You can't get "a little bit pregnant."
The "it's like Debian, but with Extra-Added Foo!" distros, where Foo =
"livecd" (Knoppix)
"point-n-drool" (Lindows)
"flavor-of-the-month-courtesy-of-your-rich-uncle-and-some-people-who-want-
a-faster-release-cycle" (Ubunto)
...distributions, what's the point? You're giving up Debian's "Sane Package Control,
we don't care if anybody uses it but us developers" goodness for a brass ring.
They *always* come back to Debian, because only the curmudeony wierd old it's good for
developers is what your really want. You can't mix the idea of Debian with a company
and have it last, because you're abandoning the only thing that makes Debian worth a
damn: by developers, for developers.
2cents
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