Fabian Ezequiel Gallina wrote: > 2008/12/23 Graziano Sorbaioli <[email protected]>: >> Is there some reason we should duplicate x86_32 and x86_64 architectures? >> >> Why don't we have only the debian ones? >> >> Most people I know of feel more comfortable with debian than with ubuntu. >> >> And as someone already said, from a beginner point of view there are not >> so many differences imho. >> Newbie users watch to the desktop enviroment and gui (gnome for both >> debian and ubuntu). >> >> What do you think? >> > > I think Graziano is right, however I have to tell you that the default > desktop environment installed by Ubuntu and by Debian are a little bit > different, being Ubuntu the most user friendly. I think this has to be > because Ubuntu contains more updated packages of gnome than Debian > (even in Lenny) but I think and hope this will change in no longer > time (after the release of Lenny). > > It could be a task for gNewSense to not only free Debian's main > repository and kernel but also enhance the desktop experience by > making the necessary changes to its default configuration. > > I think that basing the distribution on Debian will give to gNewSense > the possibility to run on the many platforms that Debian already > supports (including MIPS of course). > > Please take this just as an user opinion.
Ubuntu vs. Debian is like emacs vs vi - people talk a lot and everyone loses. There are good points on both sides. I'd like for gNewSense (or gNewSense and whatever we decide to call a Debian-derived gNewSense if it happens) to not lose and have the widest possible audience. -- Daniel JB Clark | Sys Admin, Free Software Foundation pobox.com/~dclark | http://www.fsf.org/about/staff#danny
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