[nzlug] ubuntu versus debian?

[David McNab]

Matt Brown wrote:
>> My question is - for anyone experienced with Ubuntu and Debian - how
>> does Ubuntu stack up against Debian?

> You haven't specified any real criteria to judge on

* general office workstation

* ease of setting up devices (compared to debian, where to get
  'device x' working I've often needed to spend up to 6 hours reading
  manpages and mailing lists, begging for help on IRC, hacking
  scripts, recompiling kernels, searching through freshmeat
  and sourceforge), and even sometimes patching source code)

* speed of startup

* freshness of software - as long as I only bleed by the teaspoon
  and not by the bucket

* non-broken packages

* minimised need to learn esoteric config file languages

* good graphical desktop that's actually comfortable to use

Cheers
David