Dear friends: To the person who asked about Ubunto vs. Debian:
My answer, as a former user of Xandros, a derivative of Debian, is simple: it's always best to get the original, if the original is as good or better than the copy. In this case, I bought Xandros 2.0 about two years ago and used it for one year. Why? Mainly because I wanted Debian with its apt-get but was afraid of the "hard install". Secondly, Xandros promised its users (and still promises) access to the "vast library of Debian applications". Well, no sooner did I start using Xandros than I realized this was nothing but a mirage. The only Debian packages that worked with Xandros, that you could trust were those that were marked "Xandros". All the other thousands of packages would jeopardize and eventually destroy your installation, forcing a complete reinstall. I finally gave up. There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. Originally, Red Hat based distros were a nightmare because of package dependency issues. RPM's didn't help. It used to be called RPM hell. But now Red Hat uses yum, which is just as good as apt-get, so that is not an issue. But I understand that Red Hat's version of KDE is a stripped down one. So you may wish to consider that. All in all, either get Red Hat (or its free version Fedora Core) or get Debian. Stick with the original.That's best for peace of mind. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]