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Debian vs. Ubuntu: What's the Difference?

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday July 16 2017, @09:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-the-Linux-noobs dept.

canopic jug writes:

Datamation examines the Debian and Ubuntu distros in detail by starting with the question, what is the difference between Debian and Ubuntu? Neither GNU/Linux distro has been out of Distrowatch's top six since 2005, and for the last four years neither has been out of the top three. There are good reasons for that. Though if systemd is not your cup of tea, there is also a Debian fork, Devuan, which is basically Debian GNU/Linux minus systemd.

[Ed Note: For many in the community who are Linux experts, this article may have no appeal. For those of us that are new to it and trying to learn, something this basic is a nice read and contains good information.]

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  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Tuesday July 18 2017, @04:51AM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Tuesday July 18 2017, @04:51AM (#540783) Homepage Journal

    To be Poettering free, one would also have to remove the dreaded pulseaudio system.

    Pulse audio really sucked some balls when it first came out, I'm curious what problems you are having with it now? I have no problems with it. It's actually cool that you can have multiple input streams so you can have sound notifications while watching a video etc. I honestly believe systemd will prove to be the same. In my opinion it's kind of a clusterfuck to have OSS, ALSA, JACK, PULSE etc., but I do appreciate some qualities of each. I have no reason to use JACK or ALSA because I don't do multi channel sound recording. Speaking of that, does pulse work well/at all for studio recording? Last I heard it didn't, but that was a long time ago.

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