I use Debian for servers all the time. Uptime, stability, support, etc all world-class. Well, there was that OpenSSL bit last week, but let's ignore that for no

I use Debian for servers all the time. Uptime, stability, support, etc all world-class. Well, there was that OpenSSL bit last week, but let's ignore that for now .. The packaging system is great, but you really do need to understand it or you'll spend a lot of frustrated hours appending '--force --work-damn-you' to everything. Debian major release cycles usually span several years. If you want to use the latest version of whizz-bang software you'll have to - selectively include it from 'unstable', or - build it from source and install it on the server, - or (my choice) build it, package it in .deb format and put it on a private package repository and have the server install from there. Debian infrastructure is about long-term planning. This means figuring a lot of things out, but it tends to pay off in the long run.