:Ubuntu Eye for the Debian Guy: Running Linux on Linux
Ubuntu Eye for the Debian Guy: Running Linux on Linux Mar 11, 2008, 09 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (4684 reads) (Other stories by Roberto Giorgetti)
"Sometimes you can stumble upon interesting discovers while actually looking for something else. That happened to me when I decided to try another Linux distribution besides my favorite one: Debian. I have used Debian since 1998 when I was a budding Java developer trying to install a Java Virtual Machine under Linux. Back then, Debian 2.1 (slink) was the only distribution that allowed me to do this. I've used Debian ever since and have become an experienced Debian user and administrator who enjoys solving a lot of usability challenges manually.
"All along I have resisted the lure of other Linux distributions and I believe I did not miss much during these years. However, as Ubuntu increasingly became a worldwide phenomenon, I eventually decided to try it but didn't want to leave Debian behind. So I decided to use virtualization: I would run Linux (Ubuntu) on Linux (Debian)..."
