I've never really used Debian in the past, so can't comment on the reality, just what I've heard, and even my Ubuntu experience is lacking. I'm running it as a

I've never really used Debian in the past, so can't comment on the reality, just what I've heard, and even my Ubuntu experience is lacking. I'm running it as a virtual desktop now, but I try to keep my use of it to an MUA, web browser and terminals so I don't have to spend the time to become familiar with it, given it's got no other use for me so far. Our director loves FreeBSD, and we actually use it for firewalls, so it's not a spectacularly hard sell. I'm not sure it's significantly different from the problems of Stream to make it worthwhile, at least not without some external patching and support entity in addition, but it's been a long time since I looked at the specifics of their packaging and ports systems. I don't actually mind something like Stream for a personal server actually. It's just when trying to manage a fleet in the tens and hundreds when it becomes a real liability and increased possible admin support load IMO.