On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:26:54PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:28 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 08:20:58PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> > > 'Debian' consists of the packages in main. The fundamental essence
> > > (IMHO) of main is that these are packages put together by individuals
> > > who have undergone a peer review process before getting commit rights to
> > > main. Knoppix, ubunto, libranet, gnoppix and other derivatives take
> > > snapshots of subsets of main...
> >
> > While your definition is accurate in the main, Ubuntu is a spcial case in
> > that it doesn't take the garbage approach of the other pseudo-distributions
> > you mention. It does not use Debian packages. It uses it's *own*
> > packages and is, in fact, a real distribution.
> >
> > Not that I want to be seen as defending Ubuntu, of course... it's not
> > something *I'd* ever use.
>
> I did paint with a pretty big brush :) Of the four I mentioned, I've
> used knoppix as a recovery system a couple of times, looked at gnoppix,
> burned libranet and skipped it, and, since I currently live at the end
> of a 3k pipe, need to depend on that peer review. Anybody wanna mail me
> an ubuntu install disk? :_
Hi Rich,
I have met a few of the ubuntu Developers and it is an good 'desktop'
product. It contains many DD's and is contributing back to debian. They
would be only to happy to mail YOU cd's (if you go to the web site, you
can order as many as you want--no cost for cd or shipping!) Mine were
shipped from Switzerland about 2 weeks after my request.
-Kev
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