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That is merely because Debian testing is frozen in preparation for a new stable release right now. Most of the time Debian testing has much newer packges than what can be found in Ubuntu.
Evo2.
Interesting; I have never found this particularly to be the case... I find that Debian is quite conservative, and even the Debian "unstable" branch lags a little behind Ubuntu when it comes to important things like the kernel, browser, Gnome, KDE, etc.
Of course this is not meant as a criticism; I personally prefer Debian's emphasis on stability, thorough testing, and lack of strict release dates.
I don't see how this is possible. I thought Ubuntu pulled its packages from Debian testing. Can you give specific examples (eg apt-cache policy foo, or dpkg -l foo)?
"Windows is more popular because... " most computer users are consumers.
And yes, "Debian already does it all."
But I keep a hard drive loaded with Salix just so I can continue learning how to do things in Linux the "hard way." (True Slackers could possibly deride this, stating that Salix is not Slackware; but, Salix is not Slackware as LMDE is not Debian -- truer in the latter case than the former? I really do not think this is important.) It will pay off in the long run, I've no doubt.
I don't see how this is possible. I thought Ubuntu pulled its packages from Debian testing. Can you give specific examples (eg apt-cache policy foo, or dpkg -l foo)?
Evo2.
Based on anecdotal personal experience as well as comparison of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick and Debian Unstable at these links:
I checked the distro watch pages (which I don't hold too much stock in) and the only differences I could see were a 0.1 difference in gnome and kde, and the 2.6.32 vs 2.6.35 kernel versions. As I said earlier this is probably because of the testing freeze. Additionally that version of Ubuntu has not been released. You should be comparing 10.04.
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