Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala

[Aviss,Tyler]

What really gets annoying is that even though ubuntu is supposedly  
debian-derived, some fairly significant fixes don't seem to make it up  
for some reason, even ones fixed quite awhile ago in Deb

For me, Ubuntu has some stuff that works better because it's a newer  
version, but also some that is worse due to the bad bugfix porting or  
the rush forward for eyecandy vs stability.

(sent from my phone, so please excuse the typos)

On 4-Nov-09, at 7:39 PM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Thomas Milne wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>  
>> wrote:
>>> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:06:50AM -0500, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/karmic_koala_frustration/
>>>> Yet more evidence against fixed release dates.
>>> Oddly enough, I still think it's a beautiful release and heads  
>>> above 9.04. I
>>> guess the lesson here is; For best results, backup and re- 
>>> install. :)
>>>
>> This is going to sound like a troll, but I am honestly trying to
>> understand. I've tried Ubuntu, and it was nice. But in the end I
>> looked at Debian and thought 'it's as good or better, and I'll never
>> have to reinstall again, or at least until I get new hardware'. At
>> that point it was an easy choice.
>> Surely the Ubuntu install is no easier than Debian, especially for
>> experienced users like yourself. I don't remember anything from  
>> Ubuntu
>> that I can't get on Debian.
>> So, what is the advantage to using Ubuntu?
>
> Well as you may or may not know Ubuntu is based off Debian. Ubuntu  
> is suppose to be more bleeding edge than Debian, this is why more  
> people prefer it over Debian. Specially for desktop eye candy, but  
> Ubuntu also has a solid server edition too.
>
> If you can install Debian you can install Ubuntu, don't need to be  
> an expert like Madi =)
>
> I have both installed. Ubuntu on my main PC (as a dual boot) and  
> Debain running in VMWare on my WinXP laptop and at work also on  
> VMWare.
>
> The philosophy of Ubuntu package universe is more liberal and open.  
> Debian seems to be more of a guardian to strict Open Source values.  
> This is what I have come to understand.
>
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> Rajinder Yadav
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