Comments on: Debian and the Future http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/ Web development, information security and Unix system administration Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Droper http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/#comment-2400 Droper Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:59:43 +0000 http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/#comment-2400 gramarr error!!! it should be "¿why ubuntu doesn´t provide packages". Apologizes. gramarr error!!! it should be “¿why ubuntu doesn´t provide packages”. Apologizes.

]]> By: Droper http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/#comment-2399 Droper Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:58:34 +0000 http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/#comment-2399 I only ask ¿why ubuntu don´t provide packages compatible with debian?. I read the Ian's Murdock Post and i agree with him in that the debian-based distros have to keep compatibily between themself. Ubuntu is in this moment (in my opinion) one of the better distros for end-users, but i certainly mistrust ubuntu because it´s owned by a company, I´m not a zealot but I remember Red Hat and their good distro (and everyone remembers that) now changed in Fedora. I think that all of we have to beware about ubuntu, personally I will still using debian, but yes, debian is slow adding new packages, i use unstable as desktop and when i look ubuntu i found utilities that didn´t come with gnome package in sarge, plz!, it is unstable, put in it the packages!!. I only ask ¿why ubuntu don´t provide packages compatible with debian?. I read the Ian’s Murdock Post and i agree with him in that the debian-based distros have to keep compatibily between themself.

Ubuntu is in this moment (in my opinion) one of the better distros for end-users, but i certainly mistrust ubuntu because it´s owned by a company, I´m not a zealot but I remember Red Hat and their good distro (and everyone remembers that) now changed in Fedora.

I think that all of we have to beware about ubuntu, personally I will still using debian, but yes, debian is slow adding new packages, i use unstable as desktop and when i look ubuntu i found utilities that didn´t come with gnome package in sarge, plz!, it is unstable, put in it the packages!!.

]]> By: Manuel Lora http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/#comment-1959 Manuel Lora Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:57:31 +0000 http://tabo.aurealsys.com/archives/2005/04/14/debian-and-the-future/#comment-1959 I agree with this post. The reason why Ubuntu exists is because of the slow release cycle and the human bloat that has become of the release team and the management of Debian. The vertical bureaucracy is to blame for Ubuntu and the fragmentation that it has caused. That being said, Ubuntu is now the best Debian for the desktop. I myself have not installed it because there are not as many packages available for it as there are for Debian. This, however, can change. Furthermore, a normal desktop user might not need much beyond web/email/IM anyway, so this issue is not even relevant for Ubuntu's target audience. Ubuntu is a good response to Debian's shitty management. I agree with this post. The reason why Ubuntu exists is because of the slow release cycle and the human bloat that has become of the release team and the management of Debian. The vertical bureaucracy is to blame for Ubuntu and the fragmentation that it has caused. That being said, Ubuntu is now the best Debian for the desktop. I myself have not installed it because there are not as many packages available for it as there are for Debian. This, however, can change. Furthermore, a normal desktop user might not need much beyond web/email/IM anyway, so this issue is not even relevant for Ubuntu’s target audience.

Ubuntu is a good response to Debian’s shitty management.

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