Ubuntu vs. Debian: What Canonical Doesn’t Want You To Know，Digg 上的文章。
其實我的草稿裡面一直有一篇 My Linux Choice is Ubuntu 沒有發表。Ubuntu 是個很棒的 Linux 散布版本，它的安裝程式很自動，畫面很漂亮，幾乎所有的設定都有圖形介面可以改 —— 就算是要用到命令列的設定，命令也幾乎是剪下貼上就可以了。還有可以一次更新所有程式的更新系統，這比 Windows 上面的 Windows Update 帥多了。
我一直沒有把那篇文章貼上來的原因是因為直接這樣說好像對其他 Linux 散布版本不是很公平 —— 或許其他 Linux (嗯，應該稱作 GNU/Linux) 能做同樣的事，做的比 Ubuntu 還要好也說不定。
倒是那篇文章現在說 Dibian Debian 的 Etch 分支不管安裝程式或是更新程式等都和 Ubuntu 一樣，甚至連 Ubuntu 使用手冊都可以套用在 Etch 身上。文章真正的意思是：Ubuntu 的成功不是這個作業系統的成功，而只是行銷一個品牌，一個自製版本的 Dibian Debian 的成功。
隨便啦XD。Ubuntu 還算是 My “current” Liunx choice。如果您不是 Linux 的用戶想要跳槽而且進行還算平穩的轉換的話，Ubuntu 真的是個不錯的選擇。「Ubuntu 是古非洲語，意思是『我不會設定 Dibian Debian』」還真的是這樣勒。
這個時代誰都可以當壞人呀。
Ubuntu vs. Debian: What Canonical Doesn’t Want You To Know, an article I found on Digg.
I’ve kept a draft saying My Linux Choice is Ubuntu for a long time. Ubuntu is a good Linux distro, it’s easy to install, it’s beautiful, you can do almost all configuration by GUI tools instead of command lines – even if you need to will still be as easy as copy and paste. Not to mention the wonderful update-all-apps-at-once updating service that even beats Windows.
But seriously I choose not to post that “My Choice” post is because it will be unfair to not to understand – at least try to – how other Linux (Oops! the right term is GNU/Linux) distro does; maybe they do everything Ubuntu does and do them as good as Ubuntu but I didn’t know.
But I choose not to publish the post anyway; it seems unfair to other Linux distro since they might able, or even good at, to do the same thing that Ubuntu does. (A reminder: GNU/Linux is the political correct term)
Now, that post claims “The installer in [Dibian Debian] Etch works the same way as it does in Ubuntu, Apt works the same way, even Ubuntu guides usually work fine in Debian.” and saying that “…is Ubuntu’s success really due to the OS itself or the successful marketing of a highly branded version of Debian? And more importantly, with this in mind, is Ubuntu getting far too much press for what it is?“.
Ubuntu is still my “current” Linux choice, and it should be yours too if you are new to Linux and considering smooth transition. Ubuntu is the African word for “I can’t config Dibian.” – it sure is.
In this era, everyone can be the bad guy.