Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 14, 2006 01:41 AM
Also lots of Linux distros that used to be based on Debian have recently switched to using K/Ubuntu as their base. Ubuntu makes a new release every six months, they always have the latest GNOME (and KDE) plus many desktop tweaks with their own original artwork. That seems to make Ubuntu a good base for derivatives.
Debian's release cycle is better for servers and its development branches are moving targets. Ubuntu, of course, is based on Debian so many of Debian's strengths are available also in Ubuntu -- although Ubuntu offers official support (security & bug fixes) only for 1/3 of the packages that Debian "testing" fully supports. But I guess that last point doesn't affect Nexenta, which builds its own package repository anyway.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-)
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Re:Ubuntu or Debian
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 14, 2006 01:41 AMDebian's release cycle is better for servers and its development branches are moving targets. Ubuntu, of course, is based on Debian so many of Debian's strengths are available also in Ubuntu -- although Ubuntu offers official support (security & bug fixes) only for 1/3 of the packages that Debian "testing" fully supports. But I guess that last point doesn't affect Nexenta, which builds its own package repository anyway.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;-)
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