Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"When looking at desktop Linux by itself, any analysis of the subject quickly leads to this question: why do users choose one version over another? There are as many answers for this question as there are users to give them, but ultimately it should boil down to just a few key decisions which must be made. Considering this, it may be surprising to some people to find out how successful Ubuntu Linux has been relative to other distributions."
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RE[4]: Should Debian follow Ubuntu's example?
by on Thu 8th Dec 2005 19:08
in reply to "RE[3]: Should Debian follow Ubuntu's example?"
Member since:I guess both Debian devs and Ubuntu devs are welcome to contribute to Utnubu but neither parties seem to be very enthusiastic about it. If I'm wrong and there exists great enthusiasm among Ubuntu people to port Ubuntu's changes back to Debian (via Utnubu or some other project), then please correct me.
I had no idea there were so many packages in Ubuntu's Universe that aren't in Debian, either...
I don't know if there are so many "Ubuntu only" packages but Ubuntu has added some packages to its repositories that Debian users can get via www.apt-get.org. These are specifically built for Debian, so it kind of makes sense that Ubuntu rebuilds them and adds them to its own repos.
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2005-08-28
Ah, my bad. I guess I thought that it was going the other way because of Debian's apparent cold shoulder to the project.
I had no idea there were so many packages in Ubuntu's Universe that aren't in Debian, either...