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Debian GNU / Linux is the distribution upon which Ubuntu is based. Ubuntu uses the same packaging system as Debian. These questions should be about how Ubuntu and Debian work together from a workflow perspective.

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What Debian version are the different Ubuntu versions based on?

I have some software packages customised for Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and 12.10, but now I have to install them on Debian Squeeze. I have been unable to Google for a mapping between specific Ubuntu and Debian versions. Can someone here help?…
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How is Ubuntu different from Debian?

Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian. It uses the same package format. In what ways is Ubuntu different from Debian?
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"Ubuntu is an ancient african word, meaning 'I can't configure Debian.'" in Urban Dictionary

In Urban Dictionary, Ubuntu is defined as Ubuntu is an ancient african word, meaning "I can't configure Debian". I'm confused about the meaning. How true is this sentence? Are really Ubuntu and Debian so close to each other?
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Is Ubuntu based on Debian unstable or Debian testing?

which of the two it is?
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What is Utnubu?

Not Ubuntu,I heard it on Planet Ubuntu but google doesn't tell me anything. It is something related to Debian.
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Is Kali Linux based on Ubuntu?

I remember reading in another thread (Is Backtrack is derivative of Ubuntu?) that Kali Linux is based on Debian. Can someone clarify?
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create final deb file from multiple deb files

I have a packages deb file with all dependencies deb file. Is it possible to create a final deb file (one file) using all. Say for example firefox.deb has 10 dependencies in another .deb file. So there is an order to install all the dependencies…
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Can I download Ubuntu 'Lite' - just the core?

As a bit of a personal project im wanting to create a very lightweight desktop environment with something like fluxbox. As a start point im wanting to use something like a lightweight version of ubuntu - Ubuntu but without the gui and only the most…
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Technically speaking, what is different about Ubuntu compared to other Linux distributions?

This is a question that's puzzled me for quite a while (and refers to the differences between all distributions). In my mind, a distribution is: a pre-configured OS, with some pre-installed packages, some created by the distribution's community that…
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File ownership in debian packages

I just curious about managing file ownership in debian packages. How to preserve file ownership during building deb packages. I want a files own by a specific user when I install them.
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Does Ubuntu update after a new Debian version is released?

I'm not 100% clear on the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian. It seems like Ubuntu is (or was, at some point) some sort of fork of Debian; and that they share the same package manager (Ubuntu uses the unstable something and Debian uses the…
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Package integration process from Debian case in point: portaudio

I have been tracking a patch for the portaudio library, and I wonder if I'm tracking properly: Searching launchpad for the version number given by the Debian source (as seen in the link I just mentioned), it looks to me like this patch has been…
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What are the user-friendly pieces in Ubuntu, which Debian doesn't have?

Possible Duplicate: How is Ubuntu different from Debian? I've read this line of "Ubuntu is more user-friendly than Debian" many times, and I wonder where all the differences lie. I do acknowledge that Ubuntu is somewhat more friendly for people…
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How do i find all files in a folder recursively by the specific name and rename them?

I have a tree of folders. Some of them contain file named ".file.php" How do i rename all the files with this name recursively in the tree to ".file1.php"? I'm on debian server.
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Unable to start netatalk service

I have an Ubuntu 16 Server at my home, everything running smoothly even installed webmin to ease my work with some configurations but now I want to install a timemachine server on it and seems that I'm stuck on restarting the netatalk service. It…
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