“As I write this article, there are four major distributions
that have standardized software package file formats (that I’m
aware of, at any rate: new Linux distributions seem to pop up
almost on a daily basis these days)….”
“Debian’s packaging scheme goes beyond these three other
distributions.”
“Debian is superior in how packages are stored and
organized; they are sorted in a standardized directory structure,
whether they reside on Debian CD’s or FTP mirrors. This makes
automating package retrieval a lot easier.“