What's the point of Shiftlinux?

[wolfen69]

http://shiftlinux.net/about/

it looks like nothing more than ubuntu with a makeover. i tried the new release, and couldnt see any differences except for the theme.

[SunnyRabbiera]

well shift seems to be windows users way to bring linux to the forefront as neowin is mainly a windows users place and for the record I think its a good idea as this is a linux distro created for windows users by windows users but not connected to MS

[init1]

http://shiftlinux.net/about/

it looks like nothing more than ubuntu with a makeover. i tried the new release, and couldnt see any differences except for the theme.
It's morphix based actually. It seems to have developed quite a bit since I last tried it. I might give this release a try sometime :D
Edit

Shift is based on Ubuntu



Shift Linux is based on Debian and Morphix

Which is it? The first quote is from http://www.neowin.net/ and the second from http://shiftlinux.net/about/

[raul_]

Not everything Debian based is Ubuntu

[init1]

Not everything Debian based is Ubuntu
Exactly, I was wondering which statement was true, since they seem to contradict.

[igknighted]

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

<or>

uname -a

should answer that question. Anyone have the CD or have it installed?

EDIT: Actually, the easiest way would be the installer... does it use Ubiquity like Ubuntu, or the Morphix installer.

[wolfen69]

from distrowatch:

Barney Tormey has announced the release of Shift Linux 0.6.2, an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by the Neowin.net community: "Shift Linux 0.6 released today. There are three editions released at this time: Shift Linux 0.6 GNOME, Shift Linux 0.6 KDE4, and Shift Linux 0.6 Lite (for older computers). Shift Linux Lite contains two less resource hogging window managers (Xfce and Fluxbox), but will have a full compliment of packages and utilities. All three versions of Shift Linux 0.6 are fully installable (tested and verified). Shift Linux has moved away from its Morphix base and is now based on Ubuntu. This version incorporates Firefox 3 (GranParadiso), OpenOffice.org, new themes, and a tested installer. We've also updated to KDE4. This is a transition version as we move away from Morphix and port over our previous versions to Ubuntu."

i didnt try it for long, but i couldnt see any differences between regular ubuntu and this.(except for firefox 3) seems a waste of time.

[init1]

from distrowatch:

Barney Tormey has announced the release of Shift Linux 0.6.2, an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by the Neowin.net community: "Shift Linux 0.6 released today. There are three editions released at this time: Shift Linux 0.6 GNOME, Shift Linux 0.6 KDE4, and Shift Linux 0.6 Lite (for older computers). Shift Linux Lite contains two less resource hogging window managers (Xfce and Fluxbox), but will have a full compliment of packages and utilities. All three versions of Shift Linux 0.6 are fully installable (tested and verified). Shift Linux has moved away from its Morphix base and is now based on Ubuntu. This version incorporates Firefox 3 (GranParadiso), OpenOffice.org, new themes, and a tested installer. We've also updated to KDE4. This is a transition version as we move away from Morphix and port over our previous versions to Ubuntu."

i didnt try it for long, but i couldnt see any differences between regular ubuntu and this.(except for firefox 3) seems a waste of time.
Oh, thanks for confirming that. It seems odd though that the official site would have the wrong information.