[Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu CDs - Who's Using Ubuntu?

[Will Newton]

On Thursday 06 Jan 2005 11:06, Dave Fisher wrote:

> Thus far I've only noticed a few obvious practical differences from a
> stock Debian Testing system:
>
>  * Knoppix-like simplicity and hardware detection during the install

The installer is the same as sarge rc2 give or take a few minor tweaks.

> I've also been led to believe that a significant proportion of the core
> development team are UK-based.  Is this actually true?

A significant number of Canonical employees are UK-based. I don't know what
percentage of their total staff the UK developers equate to however.

> On the downside, Ubuntu seems to have all the fiddliness of Debian when
> it comes to building and using custom kernels, 3rd-party/home-rolled
> kernel modules, etc. Ditto for file system layout and naming
> conventions.

I've been impressed by the module-assistant package for handling 3rd party
modules (as packaged by Debian).

The file system layout is FHS compliant, so technically should be the same as
RH or SuSE.