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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 kaszz on Thursday July 20 2017, @12:51AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday July 20 2017, @12:51AM (#541714) Journal

    Do you have any suggestion for a setup where machine-A have a big nice screen connected but no sound. Machine-B have a small desktop screen and good sound output. So sometimes video in the webbrowser (html5) plays on machine-B and everything is alright because it got video+audio hardwired. Other times it would be desirable to play video in the webbrowser on machine-A but somehow.. redirect audio to machine-B to use sound output there.

    Alternatives thought of so far but not tested:
      (0) A USB-soundcard on each machine with digital mixing on the optical S/PDIF side. Either with a digital boolean OR mixer if it works or some selection dongle, but how to control it smoothly from the OS is a question.
      (1) USB-switch to one sound card which will make the default soundcard setting to be lost on every switch and have control issues.
      (2) PulseAudio.. Poettering.. network latency etc. And how does one direct the webbrowser to PulseAudio? even making it use ALSA is a pain. The webbrowser have no log or any debug console.

    Solution (0) feels tempting. But another one would be neat.

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