On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 13:00 -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > Basically, it looks like Ubuntu is a commercially-supported (but free to > download) version of Debian Sarge with security updates. I haven't > really looked into it too deeply, because I'm pretty happy with straight > Debian, but interested people may want to check out the review.
I've been running Ubuntu for about 4 months on my laptop and it made me realize that Debian is pretty awesome compared to RPM-based distros. What you get after the super-easy install is a polished Gnome desktop and environment, with Ubuntu-blessed Debian packages (all Gnome, not much KDE here yet). If you want all the normal updates, you can add the normal Debian packages in via a single click in Synaptec. They've also adopted the sudo "no root login" way of handling the desktop, which gives Ubuntu an OSX-ish feel. There is a LiveCD you can download from Ubuntu if you want to try out the latest beta release. It isn't as pretty as Knoppix from the CD, but once it is up you'll see what it looks like if you did a full install. Mark -- Mark C. Ballew Reno, Nevada [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://markballew.com PGP: 0xB2A33008 AIM: pdx110
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