> I was using Fedora and Ubuntu in 2007 when a member of a local Linux User Group (LUG) introduced me to Debian. Its simplicity and elegance, its vast package r

> I was using Fedora and Ubuntu in 2007 when a member of a local Linux User Group (LUG) introduced me to Debian. Its simplicity and elegance, its vast package repository, and its stability and robustness made me an ardent user of this distribution pretty quickly. I'm curious why were you so impressed by Debian in comparison to Ubuntu? Ubuntu is based on Debian and shares most of the mentioned features, yet your observation sounds like you experienced them as two very different systems.