On Thursday 20 April 2006 05:19, Attila Horvath wrote: > Dear Debians, > > I instaled UBUNTU only recently on my laptop to give it a test drive. > > What is the difference between UBUNTU and DEBIAN > installations/distributions? >
Both are excellent distributions. Both have its advantages and their own disadvantages. We can only list the advantages and disadvantages of each. How much weight you give to each criterion varies from individual to individual. 1) multiple architecture support Debian wins over Ubuntu 2) Predicted releases Ubuntu wins over Debian 3) community support Both are reasonably good 4) Stability Very subjective. But I would go with Debian Stable at any point of time over Ubutnu's stable. 5) maintanence headaches (also known as "having fun") In Debian, it depends on whether you are running stable/testing/unstable. See Q13 of http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/debian_choosing_distribution.html I am not competent enough to comment about Ubuntu's maintanence headaches. 6) Have something up and running in no time for a desktop Ubuntu wins over debian any moment. 7) Social contract, Constitution, adherence to strict policy, free software principles Debian wins over Ubuntu 8) What if the billionaire behind Ubuntu withdraws monetary support for Ubuntu? Nothing happens to Debian. You can imagine the state of Ubuntu! To conclude, both have their own core competencies. Whatever you can do in one, can be done in another (but the difficulty might vary). Give Debian a try and see if you like it. If you dont like it, let us know. That will atleast give us an idea of what it takes to attract new comers. -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornell-bazaar http://groups.google.com/group/cornell-bazaar/about -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]