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I'm not sure the distinction is that clean, but isn't ubuntu still based off debian. As in, not a fork that went its own way, but a (big) collection of modifications on top of current debian?


Sounds like a fork with extra steps.


Derivative, it's less distinct than "fork" would have one believe




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