[nzlug] ubuntu versus debian?

[Matt Brown]

David McNab wrote:

> * general office workstation

Ubuntu

> * 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)

Ubuntu

> * speed of startup

Maybe Ubuntu, I'm not sure here...

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

Ubuntu

> * non-broken packages

Mostly Ubuntu

> * minimised need to learn esoteric config file languages

Ubuntu

> * good graphical desktop that's actually comfortable to use

Ubuntu

Seems rather one sided with that list of characteristics :P

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Matt Brown
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