On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 08:20:07AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 02:19, Attila Horvath wrote: > > What is the difference between UBUNTU and DEBIAN > > installations/distributions? > > Although Ubuntu is derived from Debian, they are managed very > differently. > > Debian Stable tends to lag, and Debian Testing can be flaky > for production work. A new Debian Stable is released rarely > although it is anticipated that this will improve. Serious > changes in Debian are almost always debated to death, which > results in very few unpleasant surprises. > > A new Ubuntu Stable is released roughly every six months. > Ubuntu has numerous policies concerning changes but seldom > follows them strictly. Complaints about nasty surprises are > generally met with "the dictator has decided, live with it" > or "the developers have decided, live with it". Sometimes > the decision actually implemented in a release is the opposite > of the decision documented in the wiki. Hi Mike, Debian does not (usually) have a 'strong hand' at the helm like Ubuntu does, this leads to Ubuntu having a stronger focus and all their ducks (mostly) going in one direction. Debian is not (usually) one to have all its Developers moving is a single direction expect for the posted release goals as the focus. Although the recent focus on teams within debian may get more people focused. > > We switched most of our clients from Fedora to Ubuntu because > Fedora was becoming too unstable and Ubuntu at the time was > just a version of Debian that was miraculously up to date. Now > we're switching clients to Debian because Ubuntu has become as > flaky as Fedora. It seems that with the last 2 releases, Ubuntu it picking up steam and getting more focused upon making a product for the enterprise, and with the expected release of Dapper drake and Dapper + 1, it is really trying to get the business world to notice its shining technology (xen and gnome). This has I think lead to some minor instability within the distro but will be smoothed out in the next releases. > > On the other hand, if you want to live on the bleeding edge, > go for it. For example, nvu will be in Ubuntu Stable in June > but is still only in Debian Unstable and may not transit > Debian Testing into Debian Stable for another 18-24 months. This is where the difference occur: debian has always had a server and multiple architecture focus that moves along at a steady pace contrary to what Ubuntu is doing. Kind of like the rabbit and the hare x-) cheers, Kev > > There's no perfect distro, nor even a best distro. There may > be a small set of distros which are least unsuitable for your > requirements. If you have time, I would advise monitoring > both Debian and Ubuntu discussion lists for a month. You'll > probably find the decision much easier then. > > --Mike Bird > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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