On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 01:41 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:26:54PM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:28 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I did paint with a pretty big brush :) Of the four I mentioned, I've > > used knoppix as a recovery system a couple of times, looked at gnoppix, > > burned libranet and skipped it, and, since I currently live at the end > > of a 3k pipe, need to depend on that peer review. Anybody wanna mail me > > an ubuntu install disk? :_ > > Hi Rich, > I have met a few of the ubuntu Developers and it is an good 'desktop' > product. It contains many DD's and is contributing back to debian. They > would be only to happy to mail YOU cd's (if you go to the web site, you > can order as many as you want--no cost for cd or shipping!) Mine were > shipped from Switzerland about 2 weeks after my request. > -Kev > Now that has to be the most old-fashioned thing I've seen on the net since ... Ordered and done. Thanks.
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