Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Sep 2005 13:45 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Ubuntu never positioned itself as a Debian derivative, like Xandros, Mepis, or Knoppix. Ubuntu publicly acknowledges its relationship with Debian, and Canonical, through its recently founded Ubuntu foundation, hires some Debian developers. All this should be good news; but for some it's not. Whether on Distrowatch or on forums, voices whisper that Ubuntu has a dirty secret you may not want to hear: they don't keep the compatibility with Debian, and they want to fork away from their mother distribution."
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RE[2]: It's still debian, but works for normal users
by Blackhouse on Mon 26th Sep 2005 16:19
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RE[3]: It's still debian, but works for normal users
by lpetrazickis on Tue 27th Sep 2005 01:52
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That's a very good point. I mean, if you aim the regular users, you can't have that poor brown based colour scheme. As a regular user, I'll spend my time on computer surfing webpages, IM'ing, playing, listening to music, watching videos. It's fine for me that it just works, but it's awful to have to change themes after install. A lot of people I have showed Ubuntu to have said it's ugly and changed their minds for better looking user-friendly distros. Nowadays I prefer to show them Kubuntu. Although I don't like that blue glowy kde madness, it's still better than that brown theme.