<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 10/26/2011 02:21 PM, Linux Tyro wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CAOEtSuYUQDML3F+j-gL6qQ+3Xf33Yc35DVYGsEyTnf=TzC=-_Q@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">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 (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.debian.org" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org</a>) 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. -- Two atoms are walking along. Suddenly, one stops. The other says, "What's wrong?" "I've lost an electron." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive!" =================================================== <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://sites.google.com/site/whyilikeubuntu/" target="_blank">Ubuntu LTS is good</a>! =================================================== </blockquote> 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 <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley </pre> </body> </html>