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. 2cents -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
