Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu

[Ben Dugan <bdugan@curdes.com>]

> My question would be: what's so great about Ubuntu (other than a flshy
> name). I mean, it uses apt (from what I read on their site). Is it just
> Debian with newer packages (like even more recent then the testing (or
> unstable, I don't reacall if they're the same or not) branch from
> Debian?). Knoppix is also Debian-based, and its strength is awesome
> hardware detection (which I don't understand why more linux distros don't
> adopt). What does Ubuntu have that no other distro offers, or what does it
> offer more/better?

Well, I can't answer your question, but I usually go to:

http://distrowatch.com/

when I'm thinking about comparing distributions, and there Unbuntu seems 
to be getting a lot of attention.  Its the top ranked distribution of 
the top 100, in hits per day (at aroun 2000 hits per day).



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