On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:37:34 -0400 (EDT), Dotan Cohen wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu users *post* here, when they >> actually run Ubuntu. > > I run Ubuntu and regularly read the Debian list, so maybe I can answer. > > If I need to know where is the menus Firefox is, or how to change my > wallpaper, the Ubuntu list is fine. But nobody there understands > _anything_ about the OS. That is fine, the target audience of Ubuntu > is not technical users. The barrier to entry is very low. My > 74-year-old mother in law uses Kubuntu. > > So if the Debian support is so great, why do I run Ubuntu and not > Debian? Several reasons. One, the low barrier to entry means that I > can get a system up and running in no time flat. Twice a year, 20 > minutes and I've got the latest and greatest software versions. Debian > still needs tweaking for my problematic video card, and some other > really small details. But the biggest reason that I run Ubuntu is to > promote it. I have done tens of installs for friends, neighbours, and > family. I need to be familiar with what they are running. Debian just > needs a bit too much work, a bit too much handholding, and a bit too > much explaining things. > > So while my heart is with Debian, I run the best Debian derivative out there.
For some reason, this well-known proverb is going through my head: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. I'd rather learn to fish. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <[email protected]> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1280705063.2050161270780727932.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
