[nzlug] ubuntu versus debian?

[Dirk Pilat]

Well,

after a long journey that took me from Slackware to OpenBSD to Suse to  
DamnSmall to Debian I have finally arrived 18 months ago. Ubuntu has  
worked well for me for the last 18 months. I appreciate its excellent  
support, a very active community and, very important for an Linux idiot  
like me, the complete lack of l33t snobbery from the support foums.
I had no problems with stability either on the desktop or on my server.  
Sometimes I pine for some more eyecandy as on my Macs, but that's it  
really. Apt-get serves me well, and the hardware support is impressive.

It truly is a Linux for human beings.

D




On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:45:28 +1200, David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz>  
wrote:

> 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
>