Controversial answer- Ubuntu LTS is very stable. Now that being said I would not recommend Ubuntu to anyone really. I was never fan of their take on desktop (Un

Controversial answer- Ubuntu LTS is very stable. Now that being said I would not recommend Ubuntu to anyone really. I was never fan of their take on desktop (Unity) and transition to systemd but it was ok on headless servers. Now their latest pushes for Snap and Ubuntu Advantage is a solid “k-thx-bai”. If you want server grade stability and Debian/Ubuntu-like feel, then go with Debian. Basic install is quite clean (not gentoo/arch level but very clean compared to *buntu).