On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:47:44PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Debian Users > > Anybody have experience with Xandros products? According Wikipedia its > based on Debian. > > Are all Debian packages available? Is there Debian compatibility (or > they implement their own things)? If no, what are the differences? How > is the relationship between Debian and Xandros? > > Can I call Xandros, the Debian with underpinning contract (managers wish > to hear such things like that)? > > cheers > Simon > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFH1GkPEMN/lNE/wrwRArMmAJsGQGodQiqtvjg7fXqN0snpzF7OnQCfT1Ac > bVEYqGOUlBCtQJTW2ArB6eY= > =SGVe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- There are a lot of Debian-based distro. They use the debian packaging format (deb) and use the debian package manager (dpkg, apt-get, aptitude). Beyond that, there are lots of differences. Ubuntu tried to stay somewhat close to Debian by baseing its work upon Debian's unstable packages every 6 months. Not sure what Xandros does. All have different versions of KDE, Gnome, LibC, gcc, etc. So it is not ever officially recommended to install a package from one to the other. If you buy Xandros, you should get support from them, only. Debian has 16,000+ packages. Most of the derivitaves do not use all them. So, if you need a package that is not in Xandros, then you can usually get the debian source package and compile it to create a side-graded xandros deb (untested). There are private contractors who support Debian, check the web site for a list of them. There are also companies like HP and Dell who may have Debian support, HTH, K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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