Who needs a separate distro when you can tweak the Debian you already have?

You can use those source packages to then compile native debian packages that should work well in your system. If you can't get them to compile then check to make sure you have all the dependancies, ...

Freenet has generated a lot of hype for being the “son of Napster” or some equally degrading report. For Freenet to survive, it needs to get away from being just another way to get illegal MP3s. In ...

I traded Ubuntu's flashy interface for Debian’s "No Nonsense" philosophy, and I'm not going back.

Traditionally, Ubuntu has used the Deb package format. The Deb package format comes from Debian, which Ubuntu is based on. This is similar to other Linux package formats, like the RPM packages that ...