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Why wouldn't they switch to Debian instead? Their emphasis on stability matches that of CentOS more than Ubuntu, or at least did.

• busterarm 6y ago
  Because some important vendors don't target Debian whereas they do target Ubuntu. Canonical and RedHat are paying the salaries of the people steering the direction of Linux as a whole. They're forcing you to choose between the two.
  • pnutjam 6y ago
    Your forgetting Suse, I'll bet they take a big chunk of the customer base. OpenSuse LEAP is now identical to SLES and it can be converted easily if you want support.
    • apecat 6y ago
      But LEAP is only supported for 36 months? https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime That's pretty weak sauce even compared to the five years Debian and Ubuntu offer. And Debian actually supports all their packages, unlike Ubuntu which tricks people into installing unpatched garbage from 'universe'
      • pnutjam 6y ago
        Supported for "at least" 36 months. You can get extended support and it's usually quiet a bit more.
        • apecat 6y ago
          Do you know what kind of price range would that be?
          • pnutjam 6y ago
            You'd have to convert to SLES and buy extended support.
• pseudalopex 6y ago
  Ubuntu has more predictable long term support.