Re: Debian Etch

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ Handover Phist ] on Tuesday 07 November 2006 02:50 \__
>
> > Is absolutely beautiful. First time using a Linux with a package manager
> > other than Slackware's pkgtools since Mandrake 9 I think) and it's just
> > awesome to watch. Simple, powerful, and everything seems to Just Work.
> >
> > Kudos to the Debian team.
> >
> > My scripts from Slack seem to need some tweaking in order to work
> > though.
>  
> I have been wondering for a while what advantages, if any, there are to
> choosing Debian over Ubuntu? I mean, sure, Ubuntu still depends on Debian
> (like choosing a daughter over her mother) and millions of people are
> already accustomed to and happy with Debian (Kerala, Munich and other
> countries/governments use Debain as the seminal codebase).

Debian stable is really the only reason (for many uses, an extremely 
regressive distribution is a good thing). Or loyalty to the 
distribution. Or the community...