The Difference Between Debian and Ubuntu
Since Ubuntu showed up on the scene many people have asked what the differences between the Debian based distribution and Debian GNU/Linux actually are. Ubuntu as most of you know is very much like Debian in many ways from the package system to the user community Debian and Ubuntu have done a great job coinciding.
After hearing people say that Debian and Ubuntu are the same thing, except Ubuntu is easier to use, I decided it was time to look in to the differences between the two distributions. I first decided to take a look in to the technical differences but after a while of reading I learned that a lot of the difference comes from the developers, community, and general goals each distribution has for itself. Since this will be a rather large post I have decided to split it up in to smaller parts and will add the next part each day until everything is up.
Platforms
Debian is officially available for 11 architectures. Release critical bugs can be within any of these architectures and can possibly delay a testing distribution from going stable. Debian is very specific in what they want as far as compatibility, security, and over all usability before it can go stable. The current official architectures that Debian is designed for are as follows.
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