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Ubuntu is very closely related to Debian. I'm not sure I'd count it as a "different distribution" so much as "a weird variant of Debian".
by duskwuff 5y ago
Ubuntu is very closely related to Debian. I'm not sure I'd count it as a "different distribution" so much as "a weird variant of Debian".
- OJFord 5y agoYes but Raspbian is also 'a weird variant of Debian' by that line right? I think you're in agreement with GP; I find a similar thing coming up with Arch & Manjaro (an Arch derivative) - for almost any purpose when someone says 'Arch' it applied to Manjaro too (just less often vice versa). So, yes, 'non-Debian' which (Debian) includes Raspbian, not 'non-Raspbian' which (Raspbian) precludes Debian.
- freedomben 5y agoYeah I agree, I consider Raspbian "a weird variant of Debian." They add a bunch of packages (some that override upstream debian) and they have some custom software, plus a lot of other customization. Raspbian is probably closer to Debian than Ubuntu is, but it's still quite clear that you're not on Debian.
- pabs3 5y agoRaspian, RaspberryPi OS, Ubuntu etc are all known as derivatives of Debian, since they are directly or indirectly derived from Debian. https://www.debian.org/derivatives/ https://www.debian.org/derivatives/ https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives
- Maursault 5y agoUbuntu is Debian (architecturally), plus the stuff Ubuntu added, so I believe the latter is more practically accurate.
- hhh 5y agoRaspbian is as well, which is why making the statement about it being weird on non-debian seems more apt (ha!) than saying non-Raspbian.