(my opinion only) 
Well  Ubunto has a nicer installer, a nicer look and feel out of the box,
nicer default configuration, easier printer configuration, and rite after I
install it I can plug my flash drive into the box and Ubunto pops up and says,
hey I noticed you plugged in a flash drive, and hey there are pictures on it,
would you like me to import them into your picture manager?   It takes some
effort to get Debian to do that :)
Also I have a hard time getting simply things like MP3 codexes installed on a
standerd Debian box (This is probably my own ignorance) but it was quite easy
with Ubunto..

The bottom line is I can give an Ubunto CD to my mother and she could install
and use, and would probably like it  Giving her a Debian CD on the other hand
would just cause hours of tech support calls to me  and while I like talking
to my family, I don't like fixing their machines

This is only my personal opinion!!


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Bart Garst wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 14:52, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > You can give priority to the Ubuntu repositories, then have apt-get 
> > look at Debian repositories only if you want a package that Ubuntu 
> > doesn't have. It looks pretty easy to do:
> > 
> > http://justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137521
> 
> I don't want to start a distro war, I merely would like an explanation.
> 
> If ubuntu is based on debian, and requires debian repositories to
> complete the updates, why use ubuntu (or mephis, or knoppix, or ...) in
> the first place? Why not just use debian?
> 
> I've no experience with ubuntu or mephis. I have used knoppix from a
> live cd.
> 
> Like I said, I'm not looking to upset anyone, I just hope someone can
> explain it for me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bart
> 
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