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Well, I haven't used Debian but I can tell you this: I have Ubuntu

Some things I've learned about Ubuntu so far:
1. It's fully customizable
2. You can run it off a CD
3. Downloadable Wallpapers, themes, Desktop Environments (DEs), and loaded with cool Screensavers.
4. So secure it dosn't even need a FireWall.
5. Very cool eyecandy visual effects
6. Comes with FireFox

There's probably hundreds of cool features that I'm too lazy to list.

BUT if you want to run a only 90 meg machine off ur USB drive, Damn Small Linux (DSL) is your choice!

^_^ I said Ubuntu runs off live CDs, Shashank Sharma.
BTW, if you don't have alot of RAM, slow Internet Connection, etc. You should get Damn Small Linux (DSL)

rectec, I never questioned your claim :) I did err in my post, in that I wanted to say: "except 2, because not all distributions are live CDs." I'm gonna correct that now.

And if I wasn't clear enough, I just wanted to say that all your points hold true for all Linux distributions, not just Ubuntu, except 2, because while Ubuntu can run off a live CD, other distributions can't.

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I really don't want to start something bad here rectec, but I don't know whether what you said on your first post is funny or laughable.

we've established the fact that ubuntu is based off Debian, it's safe to say that 99% of what you can do with Ubuntu is possible with Debian

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Well, I haven't used Debian but I can tell you this: I have Ubuntu
Some things I've learned about Ubuntu so far:
1. It's fully customizable
2. You can run it off a CD
3. Downloadable Wallpapers, themes, Desktop Environments (DEs), and loaded with cool Screensavers.
4. So secure it dosn't even need a FireWall.
5. Very cool eyecandy visual effects
6. Comes with FireFox

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There's probably hundreds of cool features that I'm too lazy to list.

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BUT if you want to run a only 90 meg machine off ur USB drive, Damn Small Linux (DSL) is your choice!

1. so is Debian!
2. so can debian!
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#live-cd
http://live.debian.net/
3. you can do that with Debian too! OMG you can put a wallpaper in Debian?! As for other packages, Ubuntu's main way of doing it is through apt get or whateve, this sucks for people like me who doesn't a (decent) internet connection to the PC with Ubuntu. Debian has like umpteen extension CDs with most of the packages. Not to worry, you can use those CDs on Ubuntu as well...
4. you don't have to, but Ubuntu does have Uncomplicated Firewall out of the box
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFirewall
5. Eyecandy/visual effects with Ubuntu is CompizFusion, surprisingly it's also in Debian's repo (http://packages.debian.org/compiz) which by the way is also available for every other distro out there...
6. Did you just base your choice of OS on FireFox? Now I like FireFox, but I question why the heck Canonical put a beta program, albeit works 99%, on a LTS OS.

I'm not saying that Ubuntu is the best distro out there either, but is polished up much better than Debian and would recommend Ubuntu over Debian.
On that note, I'd recommend Mint over Ubuntu

teh 'Buntu and debian are from the same.however somewhere and i dont know where,they split.once have either up and running,you will see differences between the two.
for new users, i'd go ubuntu.if experienced,either would be a good choice.knoppix too (came from debian) would be a good choice.slax too,and it came from knoppix.

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There has not been a split between Debian and Ubuntu. Most Ubuntu packages are still derived from Debian's stable and unstable development branches, and Ubuntu's packaging system is essentially the same as Debian's. Ubuntu really shines I think in its ease of installation and use for newcomers, its ease of package maintenance, and its hardware support.
Once you've learned a bit about Linux, I would suggest giving Debian a try though. It's a great project.

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