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> Actually, the reason I use Ubuntu instead of Debian is that most language runtimes I use (python, for starters) were, for quite a few years, more up-to-date. Of course I could use unstable, but I'd much rather use Ubuntu's LTS and security updates.

It's almost definitely better to install stuff in /usr/local or in install-specific locations under /opt than to use either unstable or Ubuntu in production.

> Ubuntu takes all of that pain away

Yeah, but it replaces it with its own pain. The days I bid farewell to Unity and GNOME were so happy…




I don't think any of those apply to production servers (at least not how I picture it).




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