Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 05:45:14AM -0400, chris roddy wrote:
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> Ubuntu uses Debian's software packaging technology, the Advanced
> Packaging Tool (APT). Their installation system is also (or at least was
> at one time) derived from Debian's installer. The two distributions
> maintain their own separate software repositories. Mixing packages from
> the two distributions is not advisable and would have unpredictable (and
> almost certainly undesirable) effects.
I've heard that they are just compatible enough to lull you into a sense
of security until things fall apart. Don't mix them.
-- hendrik
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