Debian-based GUI distros

[James McDonald]

Mike Reinehr wrote:

>I can confirm that Libranet is compatible with the standard Debian 
>repositories and also provides it's own 'safe' repository. Libranet, as 
>installed, will use the Debian mirror of your choice. Alternatively, you can 
>install a Libranet custom sources.list which will use only the Libranet 
>repository.
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>UserLinux uses only the standard Debian repositories.
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>My experience with Knoppix (a year or more ago) was that, while it is 
>compatible with the standard Debian repositories, it is such a mixture of 
>stable, testing, unstable & experimental packages that you quickly can get 
>yourself wrapped around the axle, if you're not very careful.
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Yep I second the wrapped around the axle thing. I did a hd_install (or 
whatever the command was to move a knoppix install to disk) and doing 
apt-get dist-update did come up with a few non-resolveable chicken 
before the egg situations.

>cmr
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>On Tuesday 21 September 2004 03:04 pm, Michael Hipp wrote:
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>>There are several respectable Debian-based GUI distros. Does anyone know
>>which of these retain compatibility with the Debian repository? I'm
>>thinking of ...
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>>- Libranet
>>- Xandros
>>- MEPIS
>>- Ubuntu
>>- Knoppix
>>- UserLinux
>>- Others?
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>>My impression is that Libranet and maybe UserLinux are the only ones
>>that retain "guaranteed" compatibility with the Debian respository.
>>Anyone know?
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>>Thanks,
>>Michael
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