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Why does everyone run Debian instead of Ubuntu? Genuine question as I have forever always used Ubuntu Server
Full deb
almalinux 9. my fav
Where is Windows?
"Microslop Server/10/11"
All but tiny VPSs are on Ubuntu 24.04.
Debian follows the principal of "if it ain't broke don't fix." Which is great if you want absolutely battle hardened packages and yes you can still get security upgrades. It really is the go to for security without going a RHEL derivative like Alma/Rocky where you'll get even more longer term support.
Ubuntu server is a little bit newer... However it has some bastardized defaults that I cannot stand such as snap(yes I know I can remove it during an install, however it's bloody awful and snap docker makes me want to unalive). Ubuntu Pro is nice for small time personal stuff... But that shouldn't be opt in if personal.
That being said I personally have Debian, Ubuntu and Almalinux(evaluating it as I want to standardize my infra this year) and all have their use cases, pros and cons. It is a bit personal preference IMO but there are clear distinctions that you would align yourself with.
I've yet to see some batshit answer of running Arch Linux as your server OS but if you do use Arch to host services I'm all for it.
Debian & Alma Linux +1
Debian/Ubuntu (whichever has the most recent LTS release)
stability
dont need bleeding edge tech
PVE9 (Debian 13)
debian and cloudlinux
Debian and as alternative is AlmaLinux.
The same question:
Why Almalinux and not RockyLinux?
Especially since they shouldn't differ much.
Also the latter's team looked saner at least when (the proper) CentOS was discontinued and all this new RHEL fork story has started.
Debian Thx!
debian is getting too popular
We run Nothing OS.
Shit post aside.
MSFT, Deb based, XEN, vMware.
FYI, I hate Lennart Poettering
FumoOS
Why Gentoo is not in the list?
Because there are a lot of Linux distros and the OP cannot remember EVERYTHING, and also that he cannot edit the poll after posted.
let me check first.
Debian 13 - Less resource usage and stable.
Granted OP @Fubukibox cant remember all flavors
But he does know to tickle them ballz, right?
OpenBSD. Was on FreeBSD for a while before that. Have also used Debian, Arch, and Slackware.
What were the advantages of switching from Linux to BSD?
I'll be different: Talos. They're all workers, so I just schedule containers to run on them
Debian or Ubuntu or Alpine inside docker
To solve the issue suffices to configure Debian un-popularly.
You know those ridiculous hermits who spend 99% of their time on Emacs... I'm becoming one of those D:
I can't remember why, was a CentOS fanboy, I was also using cloudlinux so that might be it, but have always liked Almalinux. Won't use anything else and I die inside when I have to install debian if something doesn't support it.