can i ask something regarding debian?

[Doug]

On 10/26/2011 02:21 PM, Linux Tyro wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have a very simple question regarding debian which came in my mind 
> and it is as follows:
>
> "Ubuntu is basically derived from Debian completely (I guess I am 
> true) and uses update servers also of debian. Can we say that Ubuntu 
> is more refined debian (http://www.debian.org) and a debian which is 
> more polished for GUI. Is it authentic or I am wrong?"
>
> I hope the question is not wrong....! (Confused..)
> Thx.
>
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Debian is politically committed not to have anything even remotely 
connected to something proprietary, or developed by
any entity that might have connections to something commercial. I find 
these exclusions extremely frustrating. Ubuntu has
loosened that commitment up considerably. If you can stand the Ubuntu 
standard GUI, it will be much more convenient to use.
As has been mentioned many times in this list, there are options to 
*not* use the standard Ubuntu GUI, but retain the basic
framework of Ubuntu, vis-a-vis repos and available software.  This would 
include xfce and KDE desktops. Ubuntu also has a large
library of how-to software, very nicely and professionally done, not 
duplicated by any other distro, AFAIK.

FWIW, Mint 10 is derived from Ubuntu, and also has access to various 
desktops, *including Gnome 2,* and (I read in the lists)
includes off-the-shelf a lot of proprietary s/w, such as Adobe Reader, 
and many audio and video media programs, some of which
may be difficult or impossible to obtain in Ubuntu. I believe that Mint 
is using Ubuntu repos, but I'm not certain of that. I looked
at Mint some time ago, and was very favorably impressed.

--doug

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