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Discussion on: Linux distro you are using for development?

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Phil Ashby
  • Personal: Debian stable (everywhere), was Ubuntu until Debian 9.
  • Work: Mostly CentOS (because Rackspace run prod).

I find that Debian stable's occasional lack of up-to-date packages can frequently be sorted via the backports repository (I use this for Exim), which doesn't compromise on stability across the system, just the bits you need, and gives you a back out option :)

I moved away from Ubuntu as it focussed more on features and less on getting a job done reliably.

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Adarsh

Exactly Ubuntu used to be my number one choice until a few years ago. But currently all ubuntu releases are focussed on useless features and becoming more and more resource hungry. I won't mind if the feature has some use and speeds up my system or productivity.