Debian Unstable vs. Ubuntu

[Rami Kayyali]

I apologize for my mistake, I was meant Sid but Sarge just came to my
mind as unstable.
I totally agree that Ubuntu is special for the average user, but my
question is what makes it special for Linux "power" users, and why is
it better (is it?) than Debian.

The 6 months upgrade policy is great, but then again, I can do that by
constant upgrading with apt. Ubuntu has packages pre-selected for me
(as a user), but I personally remove most of them and install my own
choices. So why wouldn't I use Sarge or even Sid?


Rami Kayyali.


On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 20:58:33 -0600, Dan R. Hunt <dan.r.hunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 03:51:39 +0200, Rami Kayyali <r.kayyali at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This might be a bit of an odd subject, I know they're both Debian, but
> > I still don't know what exactly are the differences between installing
> > either Debian Unstable (Sarge) and Ubuntu, so could you please give me
> > some highlights? Are there any reasons to installing Ubuntu rather
> > than Sarge or even Sid, since they both provide up-to-date packages,
> > so what's the difference?
> 
> One correction to your statement Debian's system works like this:
> Stable=Woody     Testing=Sarge  Un-Stable=Sid
> You had  "Debian Unstable (Sarge)" which it is not right today.
> Debian has a very very large collection of packages and * I think *
> only the Stable release has security updates. The testing distribution
> currently code named Sarge will move to stable .... when it is ready.
> Think large number of available packages and this makes it slower to
> update these inter-dependant packages.
> 
> And while http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/ Ubuntu is based upon
> Debian it is polished and sharpened into a ready to use state, paring
> down the number of packages to a reasonable level, Ubuntu provides
> security for use as a server or a desktop system, and a new version
> each six months.
> 
> Both Debian and Ubuntu are very good, I use them both every day.
> Ubuntu's provides a smaller set of officially supported packages which
> are newer, a great mailing list and it just works.
> --
> Dan Hunt  Saint Brieux Saskatchewan Canada
> 
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>