What are the main advantages of using Debian instead of Ubuntu?
Advantages of Debian over Ubuntu
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Debian has some features that you could consider advantages depending on your needs and use cases.Stability. The Debian Stable branch has been tested extensively, generally for at least a year, as the Testing branch. The only updates Stable get are mission critical bug fixes and security fixes. This makes it an extremely stable platform (i.e., well-tested and little change).A tier-ed branch system for releases allowing you to pick the level of stability/up-to-dateness you need. Stable, Testing, and Unstable (plus backports, where select packages and libraries are ported from Testing to Stable). This provides a great deal of flexibility in how you decide to upgrade or stay with a certain version of a package or an entire release.The Debian Social Contract. A commitment to free software and the free software community. For the community, by the community.Debian is your way. You get a tremendous amount of choice and configuration options. There is no one typical Debian install. Debian is on your terms.Maturity - The Debian project has been around for a long time and is a stable part of the free and open source software ecosystem.Debian has been ported to many different hardware architectures. The current Stable release has 11 different ports. Ubuntu on the other hand is focused on the x86, and amd64 platforms.A LOT of packages. As in 29,000 worth. There's an old saying, if the project exists there's a .deb for it.