On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 05:45:14AM -0400, chris roddy wrote: > > > Ubuntu uses Debian's software packaging technology, the Advanced > Packaging Tool (APT). Their installation system is also (or at least was > at one time) derived from Debian's installer. The two distributions > maintain their own separate software repositories. Mixing packages from > the two distributions is not advisable and would have unpredictable (and > almost certainly undesirable) effects.
I've heard that they are just compatible enough to lull you into a sense of security until things fall apart. Don't mix them. -- hendrik > > > > cmr > > > -- > 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]
