[kwlug disc.] All of you Ubuntu people

[Rick]

kevin <norwood.kevin at gmail.com> writes:
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html This is very exciting
> to me and I believe it will be for you all as well.

I'm Debian myself; so this posting's repeated talk of
"supporting proprietary software and drivers" feels a bit odd.

I don't buy commercial software for Linux although I might buy games
someday when I get around to buying a graphics card.
(Right now, I'm into "glob2" and "ksudoku").

As for proprietary drivers, having them is better than having
no driver at all. I'd just prefer FLOSS drivers because FLOSS
seems better for long-term support and expansion.

My Debian install is actually a version of Knoppix
and I have done a couple of "apt-get upgrade" operations.
At some point, when I stop being lazy in the short run,
I was thinking of doing a pure install of Debian.

What's the opinion in this group over Ubuntu's evolution?
Is Ubuntu going in a good direction by pulling in more
proprietary potential whereas Debian is being too strict?
How many of you prefer the purely FLOSS approach of Debian?
Any opinions over whether Ubuntu has more momentum than Debian?
And, specifically, why should my next install be Debian
or be Ubuntu?