[linux-audio-user] Re: debian/ubuntu

Gavin Stevens gavmusic at meadowside.efhmail.com
Sun Jan 28 19:28:28 EST 2007


>    6. Re: debian / ubuntu (Hartmut Noack)

> nor has the Ubuntu-Stock-Kernel anymore, so there is no big reason
> anymore to prefer Ubuntu over Debian. There are some freindly tools in
> Ubuntu, that try to help you out, if something is not set up OK during
> Install but those do not help that much actually, as the Installer
> finds and sets up everything the System knows  so if you got a
> problem, that is not solved by the Installer, your chances for easily
> resolving it with Ubuntu-Tools is slim and by any means not much
> better than on Debian.

Don't forget that Ubuntu is based on Debian "unstable". The nice things
in Ubuntu actually come from Debian - it's just that these things have
taken a little while to get through to Debian testing or stable. My
preference always lies at the sign of the red swirly thing, Ubuntu
always seems to have a problem somewhere (just my experience from a
while ago).
> 
> At the other Hand: a distro is as good as the softwarepackages that
> can be installed upon and as one can install Debian-Packages on buntu
> and vice versa, it turns out to be a matter of personal taste, what
> becomes you best....

Debian & Ubuntu are *not* always compatible & interchangeable: Ubuntu is
based on Debian but many things are recompiled for Ubuntu. A friend of
mine trashed an Ubuntu installation by trying to add apps from Debian &
DeMuDi. I would have to say that you should always ask yourself the
following question if thinking of cross-installing Debian & Ubuntu
packages: the question is "do you feel lucky?"

Gavin.




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