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> It's a flavor of Linux? That doesn't disqualify it from being an operating system.

• alnayyir 15y ago
  It's not an operating system, it's a distribution of software other people wrote that comprises an operating system. It's not even an original distribution of Linux at that, it's just downstream Debian plus some crappy GUI apps. --- Ubuntu user
  • sologoub 15y ago
    Yup, it's a Debian derivative, but I like how light weight it was and how easy it is to get it going from the liveCD. I'm still on the last LTS, so haven't experienced the non-Gnome version yet.
    • alnayyir 15y ago
      You think Ubuntu is light-weight? ...what?
      • jcitme 15y ago
        Fitting on a CD passes for lightweight nowadays...
      • sp332 15y ago
        It doesn't use much disk, CPU, or brainpower.