On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 08:20:58PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > 'Debian' consists of the packages in main. The fundamental essence > (IMHO) of main is that these are packages put together by individuals > who have undergone a peer review process before getting commit rights to > main. Knoppix, ubunto, libranet, gnoppix and other derivatives take > snapshots of subsets of main...
While your definition is accurate in the main, Ubuntu is a spcial case in that it doesn't take the garbage approach of the other pseudo-distributions you mention. It does not use Debian packages. It uses it's *own* packages and is, in fact, a real distribution. Not that I want to be seen as defending Ubuntu, of course... it's not something *I'd* ever use. -- Marc Wilson | Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened! [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
