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[Josh Holland <jrh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm writing Chapter 10, which includes a section on "Other Linux
Distros". It might be best off being mentioned there, but I do agree
that a passing mention in the prologue could be useful.

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lack of mention that Ubuntu is Debian-based
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Bug description:
i quickly searched the manual and found no mention of Ubuntu being Debian-based
closest i found was this

"These are known as "debs" and are inherited from Ubuntu’s ascendant, Debian."
but that is way later in chapter 5

my suggestion:
some mention in "A Brief History of Ubuntu", in Prologue
maybe
"Using the Debian operating system as a code base, Shuttleworth built Ubuntu. Ubuntu quickly rose to be the most popular Linux distribution, thanks to the financial..."

I'd add it in myself, or submit it or w/e, but no idea how

-Dayofswords