Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix
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| On (12/10/05 10:53), Antony Gelberg wrote:
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| From: Antony Gelberg <antony@wayforth.co.uk>
| Subject: Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix
| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:53:25 +0100
| To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
|
| Clive Menzies wrote:
| > On (11/10/05 21:08), Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
| >
| >>What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and
| >>knoppix distros?
| >
| >
| > Leaving aside the ensuing debate on 'freeness':
| >
| > Debian gives to access to the full Debian universe in 3 flavours:
| > stable, testing and unstable
| >
| > Ubuntu is derived from Debian but not all debian packages will run on
| > it. They polish their distro and provide their own package repository.
| >
| > Knoppix is also debian derived and is used as a base by a number of
| > other distros.
| >
| > FWIW, thus far, although I run sid, I've found kubuntu (KDE based
| > ubuntu) to be the distro that I'd give to someone who wanted a drop in
| > replacement for windows without having to learn about Debian or pay for
| > support.
|
| An interesting answer to the question that I was going to ask. I've
| just installed a mew HD in my parents' computer. They are not exactly
| knowledgeable users, they've been using XP, and I was trying to decide
| between Knoppix and Ubuntu (having used neither).
|
| Of course, I'm also tempted to install Sarge with KDE, OpenOffice,
| Mozilla etc. How un-user friendly can that be. ;)
|
Yes, I can relate.
My girlfriend actually has no problem using Ubuntu, and is comfortable in
it. Kind of amazing how far Linux has come, looks like it is getting closer
to becoming user friendly.
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