Debian also had a reasonably inconsistent release cycle. Now they've settled on 2 years, it's much more viable to use plain Debian rather than Ubuntu. Ubuntu h

Debian also had a reasonably inconsistent release cycle. Now they've settled on 2 years, it's much more viable to use plain Debian rather than Ubuntu. Ubuntu has always been about user-friendliness. I've never found the extraneous bits necessary for admin'ing a server from bash.