Debian is probably the move if you want to keep stability, security, and minimize disruption. Most Ubuntu PPAs work on Debian too, in case that matters to you.

Debian is probably the move if you want to keep stability, security, and minimize disruption. Most Ubuntu PPAs work on Debian too, in case that matters to you. I personally run Arch Linux on my dev machine, which has its own share of issues (mostly breaking changes due to being a continuous release distro with a focus on being up to date), but the Arch User Repository (AUR) is really good. IMO stay away from the redhat distros like Fedora.