Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 03:43 pm, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> Juraj Fedel wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 09:08:49PM -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote:
> >>What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and
> >>knoppix distros?
> >>
> >>sam
> >
> >Is it possible to instal Ubuntu or Knoppix and then to cotinue
> >with installing packages from Sarge? (Only CD available - no
> >network download possible.)
> >Juraj
>
> In my limited experience, I found that it is best to start with Debian
> net install image to get a system with minimal problems. The
> knoppix->debian, Ubuntu->debian etc though seem to be easy will consume
> more time than installing Debian from scratch.
And it's not like Debian is as hard to install as it used to be. And, I
*think* Ubuntu uses the Sarge installer. I looked at Ubuntu as a quick test,
and I remember at least the first few screens are the same.
Hal
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