[GRLUG] Debian Release Party

[Bob Kline]

What is Mint Debian?  The distrowatch.com
entry for Mint says that it is based on Debian
and Ubuntu.  Since Ubuntu is based on
Debian, what then is Mint?

i.e., if one says Ubuntu is Debian because
it is based on Debian, most distributions are
Debian.  One could say Ubuntu Debian?

Not sure how any of this matters, but if
everything is Debian, why call anything
a Ubuntu variation?

   -- Bob


On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Ryan Pusztai <rpusztai at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have installed Mint Debian on my main machine and it is okay.  A little
>> rough on some points, but I am not sure I am sold on Unity Desktop.  I am
>> going to wait a bit for Gnome3 and then compare the two to see what meets my
>> needs.
>
>
> I am also switching to Mint Debian for main desktops at because of the
> rolling release cycle. So for I am in love. The only part that Ubuntu has
> done very well is the "Hardware Drivers" install dialog for Wifi and
> Graphics drivers. Those seem to be way more manual to install in Debian. But
> I have got them working, so I am very happy with my experience so far (about
> 2 months).
>
> Also I really miss the PPAs for Ubuntu. Can they be used on Debian? Is
> there a similar idea for Debian?
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan
>
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