<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial">On 24 July 2013 01:25, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial"><<a href="mailto:cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial"> wrote:</span><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Richard,<div><br></div><div>Although Ubuntu has a lot of 'cool' features, I personally dislike using it for server deployments. For example, their init.d services replacement is not very friendly and often causes problems, and it often wants to force you into doing things the "ubuntu way". The PPAs are quite nice but running your own private PPA deployment is a PITA. Ubuntu has more up to date packages, but this is of little benefit. I use Ubuntu for a development workstation (along with i3wm), but I would prefer using Debian stable over Ubuntu. Others may disagree entirely with me.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It really comes down to personal preference, and which one you get along with the most. </div><div><br></div><div>My background: 8 years Debian user.. spent the last 2 months trialing Ubuntu server for prod deployments.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope this helps</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yes, it does help. Thanks for your input.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">RIchard</div></div></div></div>