On 13-Nov-07, at 8:13 PM, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Could you please elaborate? Do you have specifics in mind > > where > > Debian is either "purist friendly" or not "user friendly", but a > > Debian > > derivative has markedly different behaviour?
Well, my ignorance doesn't allow me to participate in a flamewar here. But the point that I want to convey was that Ubuntu & Debian have very different goals. Ubuntu insists on user-friendliness and targets desktop users primarily, while Debian would aim for stability and originality. In particular read here http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/56 On 13/11/2007, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and given that 80% of all traffic on all Indian LUG mailing lists is > comprised of Ubuntu guys complaining of their problems, I fail to see > how it can be considered user friendly. [snip] Would you also please consider the fact that majority of the newbies trying out Linux for the first time try Ubuntu? I would argue that at present, Ubuntu users across the world are more novice than Debian users. With Canonical's CD-for-free, Ubuntu has reached more home users than any other distribution. Also, being user-friendly and running into problems are different things. I would like to ask you what's your perspective of user-friendliness. Again, I'm not equipped for flamebaits. I've had very little experience with Debian. - Kazim Zaidi Blog: http://tuxplayground.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
