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Debian is not a "lousy" distribution just because you couldn't get it to work. I suggest you take some more time to understand what the differences between various distro's is before settling on which one to use. Debian is really aimed at being stable and predictable, more appropriate for a server than the latest and greatest laptop.
If you are new to Linux and want to spend as little time as possible learning then it isn't going to be good for you. There are other distributions which make things easier for a new users, such as Ubuntu which as you mention is based on Debian.
what does it mean when we say ubuntu is based on debian?
does it mean debian is developed faster than ubuntu for new release?
The best quote i can find at the moment:
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Packages
Most source packages in all Ubuntu components (about 4 in 5 at the time of this writing) are copied unmodified from Debian, but other sources include apt-get.org, REVU, directly from organisations such as Blackdown and WineHQ, software which has been packaged by Ubuntu developers, and packages created specifically for Ubuntu.
In some cases, the same upstream software is packaged separately in Ubuntu and in Debian, though this is to be avoided unless there is a justifiable reason to do so.
Where packages in Debian and Ubuntu have a common heritage, the packages use version numbers which reflect this.
And as far i know the short version is that Ubuntu takes a snapshot of either Debian testing or of Debian unstable (it has changed short ago), and uses that.
I for one think it doesn't matter.
If you think Ubuntu is more impressive, use it.
It is a question Ubuntu-users should be able to answer, not sure why i should care about how Ubuntu is getting developed (not your fault, but the Ubuntu site is very vague... and for me it is not so important that i would search for very long).
In my opinion it does not make sense to say: Ubuntu is faster developed than Debian (or the other way around), cause they do it completely different.
Linux is one heck of an OS. In my early days of Linux, before Ubuntu came along. I assume the so-called easy distros were Redhat, Mandrake/Mandriva, SuSe and some others, and I had one hell of a time trying to install any of those. Oddly, the only distros I could install was Debian and Slackware. Even though I'm not using those much now days, they are always around in case I need them.
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