| Some of the history of Quirky Linux and description of recent releases is here. Quirky Werewolf
 The "April" series of Quirky is compiled totally from source packages, 
using T2 (as described in above link). Quirky "Werewolf" differs in that
 it is built with Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf binary DEBs.
 
 It must be emphasised that the mere fact of using Ubuntu DEBs does not 
make Quirky a clone of Ubuntu. Nothing could be further from the truth.
 
 Quirky Werewolf behaves just like the April series, with the one 
difference that packages can be installed from the Ubuntu DEB 
repositories. The binary compatibility with Ubuntu offers a huge 
collection of packages, which is the main attraction of this series.
 
 However, some functionality of Ubuntu is castrated, such as systemd. 
These differences may mean that some Ubuntu DEBs may not work 
properly (but the vast majority should be fine).
 
 There have been quirkies built from earlier Ubuntu releases. See release notes for "Tahr" and "Unicorn".
 
 To read more about the latest release of Quirky, see my blog:
 
 http://bkhome.org/news/?viewCat=Quirky
 
 Regards,
 Barry Kauler
 November 2015
 
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