distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

[Daniel Carrera]

Antony Gelberg wrote:
>> While I agree with the literal meaning of what you wrote, I feel 
>> compelled to mention that many experts are likely to enjoy using 
>> Ubuntu. Ubuntu does not limit the power available to an expert.
> 
> It does at a desktop level.  If I want an Ubuntu desktop without, say, 
> Firefox or Openoffice.org, or any one of many packages that I don't 
> want, I can't have it without removing the ubuntu-desktop package, which 
> may break upgrades between releases.

This is not true. I /have/ removed Firefox and OpenOffice.org both and I 
didn't have to remove ubuntu-desktop and I didn't have problems 
upgrading from Warty to Hoary or from Hoary to Breezy. I've done this on 
my two computers (3 upgrades in total). I also did this twice on the 
Ubuntu OEM installation and it didn't remove ubuntu-desktop.

Best,
Daniel.
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