can i ask something regarding debian?

[sdavmor]

On 10/27/2011 10:46 AM, Koh Choon Lin wrote:
> Hi
>
>>> 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 don't think that anything included in Mint can be *impossible*
>> to obtain in Ubuntu.  Examples?
>
> I guess that's pretty accurate. Timeline is Debian>  Ubuntu>
> Mint, though I can't think of anything else that connects them.

Not 100% true. There is a Mint build that is Debian -> Mint with no
Ubuntu in between. I haven't tried Mint in about 2 1/2 years so I have
no experience of the port that bypasses Ubuntu. But it's available on
the Mint home page.
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