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> and don't like Debian why might somebody not like Debian?

• linsomniac 4y ago
  The primary reason I'm using Ubuntu rather than Debian is the LTS. I know the general consensus is that "Debian is as stable as Ubuntu LTS", but we are still working on upgrading our 18.04 boxes a few months ago. We can't change all of our platforms as quickly as Debian retires old releases. Especially not while also doing our other operations work. In some cases we can just lay down the new OS and run Ansible and we're good, but in other cases porting to new OS releases can take months of effort.
  • warner25 4y ago
    I thought Debian releases were good for the same five-year lifecycle. I expected the answer to the parent's question to be Ubuntu's support for non-free things out-of-the-box.
    • linsomniac 4y ago
      I don't really understand Debian LTS, I know they more recently, meaning maybe in the last 5 years, talked about increasing the support cycle, but if I go to https://wiki.debian.org/LTS https://wiki.debian.org/LTS it says "current LTS supported until 2024, future LTS supported to 2026. There is then some "Extended LTS" that has further support, saying "adding another 5 years to the existing 5 years", which is commercial and probably something I'm not going to be able to sell over using Ubuntu LTS.