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Re:Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web ... by freehunter on Monday January 23, 2012 @11:30AM (#3500929)
I'm curious because I don't follow server distro updates often: what server-side stuff did Ubuntu improve on? I was under the impression that most of their gains were on new user experience as opposed to traditional administration.
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Re:Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web ... by ignoreme on Monday January 23, 2012 @11:45AM (#3501002)
This may seem like a stupid little thing, but I particularly love what they have done with GNU Screen, which is now called Byobu on Ubuntu.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu

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Re:Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web ... by lhnn on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:29PM (#3501212)
They have created Screen, and they have a lot of Cloud tools they've created based on Openstack. They also have some better default service configurations. [citation needed].
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Re:Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web ... by tmhedberg on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:47PM (#3501289)
Canonical did not create screen; it is a GNU project that existed before Ubuntu ever did. They did, however, develop an extended, improved version of it (byobu).
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Re:Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web ... by dspillett on Monday January 23, 2012 @06:46PM (#3502756)
It isn't really a "version" of screen. It is a bunch of scripts and wrappers using/around hooks that screen had built in (but hardly anyone ever knew existed).

It is a rather nice little set of basic improvements though.

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