[nzlug] ubuntu versus debian?

[David McNab]

Hi all,

I'm about to install a 320GB HDD into my workstation, and given that my
5-year-old Debian installation is one bloated chaotic mess of over
100GB, I'm looking to do a fresh OS install.

Ubuntu comes to mind, as a purportedly more 'human' version of Debian -
with a much kinder IRC channel, where people don't ignore you or yell
'RTFS you f****** idiot!'

My question is - for anyone experienced with Ubuntu and Debian - how
does Ubuntu stack up against Debian?

(I see there was an article at
http://techanchor.blogspot.com/2006/08/ubuntu-vs-debian-what-canonical-doesnt.html
that every linux blogger and his/her dog have linked to, but it's been
pulled.)

All comments appreciated

-- 
Kind regards
David