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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 2681894" data-attributes="member: 21076">If I was building a server I would use Debian between those two in a heart beat.  Again I have very little experieince on Ubuntu, so take my comments with the grain of salt.  (and remember Ubuntu uses Debian as a building block, there web page delves into that a little more).  I have had wonderful success with all of my Debian boxes and though their release cycle is long (though I think there are movements to speed these up a bit) I want long release cycles on server hardware.  You want secure, stable software on server boxes.Also some could depend on how you plan on administering the box.  I never install a GUI on server machines.  So all my config is done through the conf files for the services I am working  on.  It may be that Ubuntu has better admin utils for the GUI, but I am not sure.  I am one of those types that when friends call with Linux questions, my first comment is "Get me to a command line."Really though... Try them both and see what you think.  Ubuntu has a live linux CD I think which will make it easy to try it on for size.</blockquote>