Debian has less complexityand is very stable. It has a nice wiki and a Debian system can run for a few years on unattended upgrades.

Edit: this post was originally about cost savings but that is not really a useful metric

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      9 months ago

      Mostly Ubuntu. Comes with a ton of extras installed which add storage and ram usage along with additional complexity.

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      9 months ago

      Compared to Arch Linux then yeah you’ll save a ton of money almost guaranteed. But something like Windows? Good luck trying to calculate that.

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        9 months ago

        I wouldn’t even deploy Arch in production as its not designed to be stable.

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        I don’t really subscribe to Arch or Debian being better or worse than each other. I encounter issues just as frequently on both. Maybe it’s a little harder to do things in Debian because the repositories don’t update as often but the AUR is where a lot of important stuff is and that’s a pain to deal with too.

        Either way it’s better than using Windows.