Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 21, 2005 09:45 PM
A lot of it is the debian desktop crowd migrating over to Ubuntu.
Some of it, I suspect, is because Ubuntu is the first polished free debian-based distribution. Debian has been able to stay a super-popular distribution even though it had no marketing and was behind the times. apt-get and the polish that comes with a debian system is just that good. ubuntu emulates that but is up to date.
the combination is mouth-watering.
that is hyperbole. in reality ubuntu has plenty of problems. It is the first new distribution i've used since i decided that debian was the distribution for me in 1997/8. i have used SuSE and mandrake on other people's systems. i prefer ubuntu's package management and simplicity. i can't speak to whether the hardware support is better -- there are certainly problems with it, but i suspect most aren't ubuntu specific.
if other distriubtions have better hardware support, then i look forward to the day when ubuntu has caught up. apt-get is just that good<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:) (that and i like the community feeling of ubuntu and debian)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 21, 2005 09:45 PMSome of it, I suspect, is because Ubuntu is the first polished free debian-based distribution. Debian has been able to stay a super-popular distribution even though it had no marketing and was behind the times. apt-get and the polish that comes with a debian system is just that good. ubuntu emulates that but is up to date.
the combination is mouth-watering.
that is hyperbole. in reality ubuntu has plenty of problems. It is the first new distribution i've used since i decided that debian was the distribution for me in 1997/8. i have used SuSE and mandrake on other people's systems. i prefer ubuntu's package management and simplicity. i can't speak to whether the hardware support is better -- there are certainly problems with it, but i suspect most aren't ubuntu specific.
if other distriubtions have better hardware support, then i look forward to the day when ubuntu has caught up. apt-get is just that good<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:) (that and i like the community feeling of ubuntu and debian)
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