On: Ask HN: What Next After Ubuntu?

[fragmede]

Comes full circle as Ubuntu is derived from Debian

[nine_k → fragmede]

As somebody said, "Ubuntu is Debian-based the same way milk is grass-based".

[fragmede → nine_k]

What a smarmy thing for that somebody to have said! They use the same package manager and many of the Ubuntu devs were originally Debian devs.

[nine_k → fragmede]

The same package manager, but different enough packages, PPAs, etc, and a different release process.

Many different technical decisuons.

A very different project governance.

I'm not implying that these things are bad! But different enough they undeniably are.

The fact that I can install .deb packages on my box using a port of apt does not make it Debian. (Saying this as a dedicated Debian user since 1998 and until the switch to systemd.)

[fragmede → nine_k]

I realize the above comment took more effort than parroting someone else's 9-word statement. Thanks for putting the effort to expounding on the differences between milk and grass.

[a-dub → nine_k]

ubuntu started out as "debian, but with more up to date packages and some light polish."

as a long time debian user in the 90s, ubuntu was an exciting new step for debian based distros.