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Ask HN: Debian or Ubuntu for Web Servers?
I have been using Debian for a while now and love it, wondering what advantages Ubuntu may have over it?
- olefoo 18y agoThe heuristic I use when choosing between them is: What is the server supporting? If it's legacy PHP apps (like SquirrelMail, or SugarCRM) that need specific versions of PHP and mysql to be happy; then debian. If it's more modern apps, or things that are currently in development Ubuntu. Ubuntu's python and postgresql support are excellent.
- merrick33 18y agoInteresting, that seems exactly what my situation is. Legacy apps are on Debian and considering moving to Ubuntu for new app using Python / Postgresql.
- tdavis 18y agoI use Debian for most of my servers and the only complaint I really have is that the repos are extremely outdated when compared to Ubuntu. Ubuntu's main strength, at least as I see it, is the fact that the packages are updated more frequently and there are more of them than for on Debian (even Backports).
- merrick33 18y agoYeah I can always count on Debian to be dated but for the most part I have been able to work with it despite that.
- dmaclay 18y agoI favour ubuntu on servers mainly because it's what I use on my desktop, and it's handy to be able to write & test scripts on your desktop and deploy to the servers only once everything works.
- kqr2 18y agoAlso, Ubuntu has LTS (long term support) versions. The server versions are supported even longer.