FreeSoftwareMagazine takes a look at Debian as a desktop system, and they conclude: "I feel that Debian Etch is as good on the desktop as it is on the server. It has a long rich history, a strong community, is amazingly stable and is a great fit for both my servers and my laptop. I urge everyone to give it a go on the desktop."
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Member since:2005-12-05
i dont mind that ubuntu is popular. i do mind that they pee in the stream though. they break debian compatibility and the patches they push up stream more often hurt the debian base becuz of different versions. NO other debian based distro pulls crap like.
AND every other debian based distro takes pride in acknowledging its based on debian. ubuntu barely admits this and gives no credit back to the mother distro, ubuntu would not and could not exhist with out the YEARS of work thouse peeple have spent.
Member since:2005-07-24
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i dont mind that ubuntu is popular. i do mind that they pee in the stream though. they break debian compatibility
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Earth to Zedicus... Earth to Zedicus...
Debian is not the only strong .deb based distro in the world now.
Who is to say that Debian does not break Ubuntu compatibility? After all, there are more Ubuntu users than Debian users, now.
I really think that it is time to stop worrying about maintaining supremacy, and start worrying more about working together effectively.
Isn't that what we all want, after all?
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2005-07-24
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If Ubuntu is that good, and that much better than Debian,
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I'm not talking about Debian stopping others from using their packages btw. I'm talking about Ubuntu putting its money where its mouth is, and voluntarily ceasing to use Debian packages.
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Either what Ubuntu does is trivial or it's not.
If it's trivial, then Debian could easily match, and considering the size of the Debian developer base, exceed it.
If it is not trivial... then considering the size of the Debian developer base, one would think that they could exceed it even more quickly.
Ubuntu appeared out of nowhere, and gained a reputation for polish and attention to detail. No one denies that they did it by building upon the work of the Debian devs.
Still, some Debian fanatics seem very resentful of Ubuntu's success.
I don't respect that attitude. Not at all.
It is petty. And very much in conflict with the cooperative spirit of FOSS.
I imagine that most Debian users are cool with the idea of successful Debian-based distros. And that it is a vocal minority within that community which wails about anything Debian-based which turns out to be successful.