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		zzzoom on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CIQ, Oracle, SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Ass... > Why doesn't Canonical seem to care about alleged "freeloaders"? Ubuntu is downstream from Debian. They get a lot of packaging for free.

lproven on Aug 11, 2023 [–]

Um. They get a lot, but packaging is not part of it.

I don't think I know a single package in Ubuntu that is a Debian package. That is what Ubuntu _does_ -- it takes Debian, repackages and tests and integrates it.

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