Ubuntu is not Debian?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 10:45:52AM +0100, Erik Bågfors wrote:

> However, most packages in debian has already been recompiled for you
> in the "universe" and are ready to use in ubuntu.  If there is
> something else you need that's in debian but not in ubuntu the best
> way (I find it to be anyway) is to recompile that package on your own
> ubuntu box.

As of today, all new packages in Debian which were not already in Ubuntu
have been imported.  The only exceptions are the Debian kernels, which are
specifically excluded because Ubuntu provides our own kernels, and their
presence seemed to cause a lot of confusion among users familiar with Debian.

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 - mdz