Debian or Ubuntu to put on the server?

Question

linux

I understand that the question is from the field of brunettes vs blondes, but even so.
Now the entire infrastructure has been upgraded to debian 7. At the moment, I want to migrate either to Debian 8 or to Ubuntu (naturally up-to-date LTS).
In recent years, I have tried to use Ubuntu on the desktop - I have an extremely unpleasant impression of stability (but maybe this is my own curvature, although I communicated with the system in the "housewife" mode).
What are the advantages of Ubuntu - various packages are updated much faster.
Pros Debian - over the "years" has shown itself to be a very stable system. On Debian, I always received new packages by installing all sorts of dotdeb (php), you can’t install some software as packages in principle (nginx with non-default modules).
Now we plan to do the entire infrastructure on Docker containers, manage everything through Ansible (we have already tested this bundle on a small load on Debian 8 - "it seems to work").
Does the choice of system within a task matter?

Answer 1

Debian.

Answer 2

So the reason for migrating to Ubuntu is only the availability of fresh packages? There is a clear rule - you need to use the operating system in which you are best versed. Look towards other distributions, because there is almost no difference between the two above.
I myself use Gentoo, for many years, I am satisfied and my eyes are not red :)

Answer 3

Do cat /etc/debian_version on ubuntu - sid is usually written there. sid matches packages from the unstable debian repository. Well, here the choice of Debian or Ubuntu is explained - if you want unstable packages - Ubuntu. If you want stable - install Debian Stable.

Answer 4

Install Gerpis. You'll like it

Answer 5

Debian. Ubuntu uses the latest versions of packages (can't remember the "labels" of the repository), but Debian only uses the Stable line, which means you won't have any problems with the software.

Answer 6

Core OS