distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Apr 20 15:51:14 UTC 2006


Masatran (Deepak), R. wrote:

> * Attila Horvath <mutsuura at mutsuura.com> 2006-04-20
>> What is the difference between UBUNTU and DEBIAN installations?
> 
> Debian is more stable.

It is?  Do you have some statistics to back that up?  I'd be very surprised
if you could show better stability between Sarge & Breezy.

I'd almost as surprised if you could show the previous stable versions as
being much different.
> 
> Debian is command-line-focused and provides more control.
> Ubuntu is GUI-focused and provides simplicity.

Absolutely not.
> 
> Debian is meant for experts.
> Ubuntu is meant for non-experts.

Equally not.
-- 
derek





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