On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 03:58:04PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > A. Ben Hmeda wrote: > > >> > >> Until you at least become current on you workstation, stop asking > >> questions. > >> > > > > Do you honestly think that everyone here is using Etch? or Sarge? > > > > On a Debian user mailing list, I expect people to use Debian. Not Ubuntu, > not kanotix, not Xandros .... Though all these are based on Debian, they > are not Debian and there are crucial differences. > > > >> I don't really care to support an OLD version of a Debian derivative, > >> that isn't really Debian in the first place. Do us THAT before we > >> continue. > > If you are so pissed off that I'm not using 6.10, why are you replying > > in the first place? and Ubuntu isn't really Debian? what do you call a > > distro that uses apt, aptitude, deborphan, dpkg, etc and claims to be > > based on Debian? do you call it Yoper? > > Yes. Ubuntu is NOT Debian. It is BASED on Debian. That is a big difference. > The fact that you are getting any replies (and not being flamed so far) > just shows how helpful+knowledgeable the community is. It does not mean > that you can ask your **** Ubuntu related issues on this list. There are > enough Ubuntu forums, mailing lists out there. They are set up for a > reason. If you cannot find an answer there, it is YOUR problem to keep > running Ubuntu. >
In another thread, a poster who claims to be Ian Murdock said that Ubuntu is considered to be Debian. I say Debian is the 'One True Way', but that Ubuntu is a 'Lesser Way' that can lead to Debian ;-) -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]