Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

[Jeff <debian@waysoft.com>]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Thursday 20 April 2006 02:19, Attila Horvath wrote:
>   
> > Dear Debians,
> >
> > I instaled UBUNTU only recently on my laptop to give it a test drive.
> >
> > What is the difference between UBUNTU and DEBIAN
> > installations/distributions?
> >
> > I see where UBUNTU is derived from DEBIAN. How much of DEBIAN does UBUNTU
> > incorporate or does it matter since UBUNTU accesses DEBIAN's repositories
> > for package updates?
> >     
>
> Nothing, except Ubuntu makes undocumented changes, then blames Debian for 
> them.  Just use Debian.
>
>   
As you can see, Attila, despite your best intentions, flame wars are 
pretty easy to start :)

I've been using Debian for years, and (K)ubuntu for a while now.  The 
conventional wisdom applies here:  If you want to get your hands 
"dirty," Debian's the way to go.  If, OTOH, you want your system to 
"just work," Ubuntu is probably going to make your life easier.

The good news is that it would be tough to go wrong with either choice.  
Good luck.

Jeff