prad skrev:
we use (and support) both, but i'd like to establish a rationale for using one or the other. are there situations where debian is preferable (eg older hardware)? are there situations where ubuntu is preferable (eg picking up newer hardware)?
I prefer debian whenever I want to use packages that (in ubuntu) belong to the universe category. I find that in my personal experience, packages in debian main seem more reliable than ubuntu universe.
I find that I rather often want to have some package installed that does not belong to ubuntu's main repository, but do belong to debian's main repository.
/ johan