Re: Debian or Ubuntu Dilemma
On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 11:59:21AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> Yes and no. ?Ubuntu is a flavor of Debian and uses the Sarge installer, but
> they use their own packages. ?In Debian, if you use the Stable (currently
> Sarge) branch, you get packages that have been tested about as thouroughly as
> any in computerdom. ?Ubuntu does not follow branches, so you can't count on
> their packages to be as stable as Debian's. ...
What's with the question marks? (Non-ASCII characters?)
Ubuntu doesn't use "branches" but they do use "versions". The current
Ubuntu version has undergone serious testing, and since they're still
feeding from Debian any problems discovered by us Debian users will be fixed
in Ubuntu as well.
I'm not endorsing Ubuntu for everyone, but your criticism isn't really fair.
I think Ubuntu (or other Debian-derived distributions like, oh, Mepis or
Libranet) might be somewhat easier for a Linux newbie. Debian requires more
knowledge to configure and use. IMO.
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Carl Fink carl@fink.to
If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be.
-Bruce Tognazzini
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