can i ask something regarding debian?

[Linux Tyro]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:

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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.
>

Nice to know this! Thanks for the information. Not only Mint but I guess
many other distros too rely on Ubuntu!
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