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Member since:So are they tring to make sure there's no reason at all for Debian to continue?
Huh? So you think that Ubuntu is automatically better than Debian in everything they do? I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you. Ubuntu has its strengths and weaknesses and so does Debian. You are free to choose which distro suits your needs better.
Debian is the second oldest existing GNU/Linux distro (after Slackware) and it still has exactly the same reasons to continue as it has always had, and Ubuntu (or any other distro) cannot affect those reasons in any way. Ubuntu is just one of the many, many distros that are based on Debian.
So much for Debian on the server, Ubuntu on the desktop.
Don't be so narrow-minded. There are lots of other excellent distros besides Ubuntu and Debian, both for the desktop use and for servers. GNU/Linux is all about choices and freedom.
Member since:I think you're misreading the slant of the original poster's comment which seemed more anti-Ubuntu to me. Or at least of the attitude that Ubuntu's a harmful forking of Debian...the "Debian on the server, Ubuntu on the desktop" is a position taken by some Ubuntu defenders arguing that it's strictly designed to fill the Desktop niche and shouldn't be perceived as a "threat" by Debian.
Personally, I'm with you, I like choice and freedom.
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So are they tring to make sure there's no reason at all for Debian to continue? So much for Debian on the server, Ubuntu on the desktop.