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Re: Is Ubuntu just Debian?



Do forgive me Daniel, I feel really silly now.

On 08/07/2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> In <[🔎] COL116-W515DD2DF6790DB5851E9AFB8280@phx.gbl>, Daniel Spisak wrote:
>>Is Ubuntu just Debian but with a prettier look to it?
>
> No.  Ubuntu has different goals, and is willing to compromise on the issue
> of software freedom to make it easier on some users.
>
> The use the same package management system, but so does Knoppix and GnuSense
> (among others).  Ubuntu bases many of its packages on the Debian packages,
> but, especially when a program is new, many distributions (including Debian)
> borrow from others.
>
> There are other differences as well.  I prefer Debian, but hand out Ubuntu
> disks to anyone new to Linux.
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