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Ubuntu uses packages from Debian (it is based on Debian).

I wonder what extra packages or package classes are added to Ubuntu?

I expect to see some proprietary software, some extra office software, some build-in adware...

Let's compare with latest stable releases. But it doesn't hurt if you add some important historical notes too...

I am talking only about official upstream package repositories. No need to talk about PPA.

I am not interested in branding or styling or release cycle or support or whatever discussed at How is Ubuntu different from Debian? difference. Only about the difference in packages and that link doesn't tell anything related they I haven't mentioned in my question.

gavenkoa
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  • I added reasoning why my question isn't the same as moderators like to be, – gavenkoa Oct 27 '18 at 13:01
  • Don't think there is an easy way to compare, also, ...what's the point? Generally, Ubuntu packages are a shapshot of Debian unstable or testing. – mikewhatever Oct 27 '18 at 13:02
  • @mikewhatever Is it purely a copy of testing or there are extra packages on top of Debian? – gavenkoa Oct 27 '18 at 13:03
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    apt list plus some additional CLI magic (sort, uniq, awk, etc.) should do the trick. You should try to do it yourself as an exercise. – fkraiem Oct 27 '18 at 13:16
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    @fkraiem if the OP knew how to do that, they would not have asked a question. – terdon Oct 29 '18 at 10:12

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You can also use, https://www.distrowatch.com to compare versions of the packages that are available for installation from official repositories.

For example this link.

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niosik
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I tried:

debian# apt list | sed 's=/.*==' | sort >debian.list
ubuntu# apt list | sed 's=/.*==' | sort >ubuntu.list

and then:

diff -u debian.list ubuntu.list | cdiff

under WSL and it was mess... Probably because different flavor of repositories are enabled in both distros...

gavenkoa
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