Ubuntu for packaging for Debian

[Maykel Moya <maykel.moya@icc-canada.com>]

I'd recently adquire a little laptop (p3 900, 256 MB RAM). I'm been
thinking to install Ubuntu in it cause Ubuntu is optimized for desktop,
but I'd like to package some stuff for Debian.

Is it advisable to use a pure Debian instead ?

Regards,
mike