musta been years ago
You're right about Ubuntu. The difference is that with Ubuntu you already have a desktoppish configuration, whereas with Debian you have to actually select a couple things from menus to end up with the same general idea when you're done. In both cases, that results in something I find atrocious -- so I prefer to go through a more involved process of configuration to suit my personal preferences, which is much more difficult on Ubuntu than on Debian because there isn't the same reasonable capability to say "no" to what the distribution thinks I want.
I figure the last time you played with Debian must have been some years ago, though. While it's still a lot easier to configure according to custom preferences than Ubuntu, it's not exactly easy (per se) these days.
