+------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | On (13/10/05 19:44), William Ballard wrote: | | To: debian-user@lists.debian.org | From: William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:44:26 -0400 | Subject: Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix | | On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 08:33:42PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: | > Some people find the Ubuntu spin-off inappropriate (why didn't they just | > donate to Debian and try to get a commitment on release cycles?), and | > others have embraced it and are all fuzzy warm about it. Whatever. | > | > Me? I just kick back and enjoy the flamefests and trolling... if | > there's one thing that never changes about the Net and Free Software, | > it's that. It's almost comforting to read a good flamefest these | > days... the joys of my youth, so to speak. | | I like to stick to pure Debian. You can't get "a little bit pregnant." | The "it's like Debian, but with Extra-Added Foo!" distros, where Foo = | | "livecd" (Knoppix) | "point-n-drool" (Lindows) | "flavor-of-the-month-courtesy-of-your-rich-uncle-and-some-people-who-want- | a-faster-release-cycle" (Ubunto) | | ...distributions, what's the point? You're giving up Debian's "Sane Package Control, | we don't care if anybody uses it but us developers" goodness for a brass ring. | | They *always* come back to Debian, because only the curmudeony wierd old it's good for | developers is what your really want. You can't mix the idea of Debian with a company | and have it last, because you're abandoning the only thing that makes Debian worth a | damn: by developers, for developers.
I am a developer. I the senior programming monkey at work. I code on debian stable, debian unstable, solaris, freebsd, netbsd, and ubuntu. Like anything, people have their tastes. As a developer, I value having choices available to me that I can best choose which to apply for my needs/wants. Ubuntu is just one option. It is kinda nice to have something that flat out "just works". Though may switch my main laptop to freebsd 6 when it gets released... we'll see. Some people like Coke, some like Pepsi, some like flavoured water.. All a matter of "taste", imo. I think everyone should try each out and then decide what is best for them. Most likely there will not be something that will fit everything, though debian is pretty close [it is used on most my production and development servers]. -Chris | | 2cents | | | -- | To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
