Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Bug 506672] [NEW] lack of mention that Ubuntu is Debian-based

2010-01-12 Thread Wolter Hellmund
Well, as the writer of chapter 5 I am glad you noticed my mention :) But yes, I think it is very important that this piece of information gets cleared out to a bigger extend and earlier in the book. As far as I know, the project founder Benjamin Humphrey is working on the prologue, and judging by

[Ubuntu-manual] [Bug 506672] [NEW] lack of mention that Ubuntu is Debian-based

2010-01-12 Thread Dayofswords
Public bug reported: i quickly searched the manual and found no mention of Ubuntu being Debian-based closest i found was this "These are known as "debs" and are inherited from Ubuntu’s ascendant, Debian." but that is way later in chapter 5 my suggestion: some mention in "A Brief History of Ubunt