That's the reality of deploying professionally though. I've got a soft spot for debian from using it for over 20 years too, but choosing open source often mean

That's the reality of deploying professionally though. I've got a soft spot for debian from using it for over 20 years too, but choosing open source often means picking the vendor that accommodates the use case. Many products have the enterprise upsell of good LDAP/AD integration but that's just a nice to have when you're really buy it for the ability to call someone when shit goes sideways. And when you don't need the support net, it's often gonna be ubuntu because that's what most people are comfortable with. Or yocto if you're shipping a custom OS. And containers are so ephemeral and purpose specific it means distro doesn't matter as much. I'm still rooting for them the most. They're community based, an important upstream, and stable has never done me dirty. It's still my go-to for "I don't want to think hard about, or worry about this system."