On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 08:39 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > I've heard people advocate the newbie-kindness of distros like Ubuntu > and Mepis. > > If ultimately they use the same set of packages, then what's different > at a technical level between these and plain old Debian? Do they > differe merely in the set of initially installed packages and what they > do under /etc ? Usually, it's: - A custom installer - Custom h/w detection - A mix of Sarge, Sid & non-Debian packages (like mplayer) - Extra (GUI, usually) apps to make configuration easier - Customized menus. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Great Inventors of our time: Al Gore -> Internet Sun Microsystems -> Clusters
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