> I went with it because if a project had binaries at all, there was likely a .deb tested with ubuntu. Given that each release of Ubuntu starts as a fresh fork

> I went with it because if a project had binaries at all, there was likely a .deb tested with ubuntu. Given that each release of Ubuntu starts as a fresh fork from Debian's testing branch, this is not a compelling case for Ubuntu over Debian. > If there were drivers for linux, they were likely tested against ubuntu. As above, and it doesn't really matter if you meant drivers for Linux (the kernel), or GNU/Linux (a distro). I've never heard of any drivers that work on Debian but not on Ubuntu, or vice versa. > Ease of installation is rarely talking about the install screen; it's talking about everything just working without having to dig around the internet, and installation is a good proxy for that. When people talk about the ease of installation, they are almost definitely talking about the ease of installation. "Just works" is a useful phrase to describe a range of (other) user experiences, but again it's not clear how Ubuntu has (and arguably had) any significant advantages over Debian.