distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

[Clive Menzies]

On (20/04/06 04:53), Attila Horvath wrote:
> I instaled UBUNTU only recently on my laptop to give it a test drive.
> 
> What is the difference between UBUNTU and DEBIAN installations?
> 
> I see where UBUNTU is derived from DEBIAN. How much of DEBIAN does UBUNTU
> incorporate or does it matter since UBUNTU accesses DEBIAN's repositories
> for package updates?
> 
> The impetus for these questions is that I'm still trying to decide which
> LINUX distribution is most suitable.

Others have indicated that once installed, there's not a huge
difference.  

We use debian (sid) here on workstations and stable on servers.  

However, for clients we use Ubuntu for workstations because they are
much quicker to set up and configure. Maintenance is less hassle (v sid)
and clients seem to take to the clean simplicity of Gnome very quickly.

Regards

Clive

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