On 2012-11-11 23:30, 1100110 wrote:
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.
I'm not saying it's incompatible, I'm asking :) BTW, I actually don't
know how compatible Ubuntu either.
Ubuntu has a Debian-for-Ubuntu-Devs page.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian/ForUbuntuDevelopers
That should explain something at least.
I guess I'll to take a look at that page.
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/
As I understand it Debian is a more stable distribution and Ubuntu is a
faster moving target. The question is how much faster. Would Ubuntu LTS
be more ahead of compared to the latest stable Debian.
--
/Jacob Carlborg
