> I do not understand why Ubuntu became more popular than Debian. I really don't. Something to do with those free CDs. Certain things just worked, like hardwar

> I do not understand why Ubuntu became more popular than Debian. I really don't. Something to do with those free CDs. Certain things just worked, like hardware. For a time, X worked on Ubuntu with my hardware and I had to jump through hoops to configure X with the hopes it would work on Debian. My touchpad and sound card just worked. Proprietary drivers were easier to install. Desktop packages came with sane defaults. There were helpful forums and IRC channels.