[cochiselinux] [distro talk] Debian vs Ubuntu: What’s the Difference? Which One Should You Use?

From: Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@xxxxxxxxx>
To: CLUG Mailing List <cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:05:30 -0700

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You can use apt-get commands <https://itsfoss.com/apt-get-linux-guide/> for
managing applications in both Debian and Ubuntu. You can install DEB
packages in both distributions as well. Many times, you’ll find common
package installation instructions for both distributions.

So, what’s the difference between the two, if they are so similar?

Debian and Ubuntu belong to the same side of the distribution spectrum.
Debian is the original distribution created by Ian Murdock in 1993. Ubuntu
was created in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth and it is based on Debian.
Ubuntu is based on Debian: What does it mean?

While there are hundreds of Linux distributions, only a handful of them are
independent ones, created from scratch. Debian <https://www.debian.org/>,
Arch, Red Hat are some of the biggest distributions that do not derive from
any other distribution.

Ubuntu is derived from Debian. It means that Ubuntu uses the same APT
packaging system as Debian and shares a huge number of packages and
libraries from Debian repositories. It utilizes the Debian infrastructure
as base.

That’s what most ‘derived’ distributions do. They use the same package
management system and share packages as the base distribution. But they
also add some packages and changes of their own. And that is how Ubuntu is
different from Debian despite being derived from it.
Difference between Ubuntu and Debian

So, Ubuntu is built on Debian architecture and infrastructure and uses .DEB
packages same as Debian.

Does it mean using Ubuntu is the same as using Debian? Not quite so. There
are many more factors involved that distinguish one distribution from the
other.

Let me discuss these factors one by one to compare Ubuntu and Debian.
Please keep in mind that some comparisons are applicable to desktop
editions while some apply to the server editions.

read article: https://itsfoss.com/debian-vs-ubuntu/

[cochiselinux] [distro talk] Debian vs Ubuntu: What’s the Difference? Which One Should You Use?

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