On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:45:48 -0600, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote:
On 2012-11-10 20:10, 1100110 wrote:
Oldest system to reasonably support? I would say Debian Stable.
It is used on a lot of server systems and isn't *too* far behind/old.
How compatible is Debian with non-debian based distributions?
I've used alien a fair number of times, and its usually "just worked."
Here is an FAQ:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-compat.en.html
That link provides a lot of info.
Honestly, unless Ubuntu has done something really weird, Debian should be
just as compatible with non-Debian distros as Ubuntu is. Give me a solid
example of what you mean and I'll take a closer look.
Ubuntu has a Debian-for-Ubuntu-Devs page.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian/ForUbuntuDevelopers
That should explain something at least.
How does Debian Stable compare to Ubuntu 8.04(Hardy Heron) LTS which loses
support in April?
I'm not entirely sure. http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/
http://packages.debian.org/stable/
