Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

[Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net>]

Steve Lamb wrote:
> Joe Hart wrote:
>   
> > If Ubuntu = Debian, then one could install Ubuntu packages on one's
> > Debian system.  They could install Debian packages on their Ubuntu.
> > While some might work, the majority of them will not.  Why not?  Because
> > Ubuntu is not Debian.  They are similar, I'll give you that.
> >     
>
>     Er are you sure you're both speaking on the same level?  I mean
> technically your correct but from what I can tell from the quote Ian might not
> be talking strictly in the technical sense.  He may, in fact, be talking about
> the ideal of Debian and not pure technical specs.  If that is the case Ubuntu
> can indeed equal Debian.
>
>   
I would have a hard time saying Ubuntu==Debian on a technical level 
too.  I just tried an Ubuntu install on a laptop and the process of 
configuring WPA on that laptop was another animal altogether than doing 
the same thing when running Debian. 

To tell the truth the Debian way of doing things, and I'll admit I'm 
biased because I'm far more familiar with Debian, is more 
straightforward and seems more logical to me.  It doesn't hide anything 
like the Ubuntu way of doing things does.