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Ben Goodger wrote: > On 19/10/06, *Neil Winchurst* <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > There has been some discussion about which distro to recommend for > people new to Linux. So far the main contender seems to be Ubuntu. So I > have two questions. > > 1 Why not mention kubuntu as well, or are most people on the lug > devotees of Gnome? > > > Kubuntu is _exactly the same as Ubuntu_ but has a different desktop > metapackage. That is _all_. They are in no way different except for one > being KDE and one being GNOME. > > As for the @Ubuntu vs. Debian@ question, the truth is that Ubuntu is > just a fresh copy of Debian plus six months' development to make it more > friendly and polished, at the end of which most of the changes are > resubmitted to Debian. So basically, Ubuntu == Debian and we may as well > consider them one and the same... > > -- > Ben Goodger > #391382 Under the hood, maybe that's true, but on the surface they *are* different. Ubuntu has a different set of defaults, has its own "look and feel", and let's be honest here, when dealing with the majority of "newbies", the look and feel is likely to be one of the things that sells them. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html