Specific questions in choosing between Debian and Ubuntu?

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I googled for a very long time, looked at all similar questions here and not only, but I did not find an answer for myself.
I can't choose what to put on the desktop as the main system: Debian testing netinstall or Ubuntu LTS netboot.
What I will use for: web development (with a focus on frontend), a little C ++, a couple of games from Steam (the main thing is dota 2).
Instead of DE, I put WM and the rest as needed. I do the main part of the actions in the system (or try to do it) through the terminal, at least the GUI with the mouse.
I tried both options on a virtual machine, I tend to the first one (Debian testing) a little more, because I want to know the system better, understand it, and Debian testing is a little better in terms of performance (correct if not).
But here are the questions that are stopping me:
1) In terms of stability, both options are about the same, right?
2) The phrase on the Debian wiki haunts: "When it comes to security, do not choose testing". I'm a little paranoid and I want to take care of security, let's say I keep some bitcoin wallet in the system. Therefore, I wonder if the security problem in testing is really critical? In the manual I found this item , but I did not fully understand it. Also, I didn’t quite understand about freezing testing, which updates are coming and which are not? And in general, in terms of security, which would be preferable: Debian testing or Ubuntu LTS?
As a result, I would very much like to get an answer to these 2 questions, which will help me make a choice.
And as an addition: given all of the above, which option do you think would suit me better?
I will be very grateful for a competent answer.

Answer 1

Installing Ubuntu is pointless if you change the DE anyway. Native Unity pulls a carload of all the good you don't need - you'll have to clean it out.
Installing Debian in order to have problems with toys, fonts and other desktop small things? It is unlikely that this experience is of any value. Then really rather Arch for hardcore.
I would advise not to toil with the fact that Canonical does better than you can, and install some lightweight derivative of Ubuntu (Xubuntu, for example). There, the desktop nuances will be more polished than in Debian, and it will be possible to work and play on it without somersaults on crutches, and you will install everything you need with apt-get without fussing with assembly and dependencies and will update with one button.
And the security in any modern desktop distribution is more than adequate.

Answer 2

"The phrase on the Debian wiki haunts"
This is not about you. This is about servers, there is a completely different concept of "security".
It really doesn't matter what you put in. Under Ubuntu there will be more information regarding problems with desktop things (a la Glitchy video in XXX game).
ArchLinux + tiled wm. Full control over the system + the latest updates.

Answer 3

Regarding Debian testing, this is the current testing release. That is, if now Debian 8 is in the stable branch, then Debian 9 is in testing. In other words, tesing is for testing the next stable release. When a release is released, the current testing is transferred to stable, and copied from sid to new testing.
If you want a Rolling release (continuous update), then you need to choose Debian sid. For more details, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the releases here .
Personally, I use Debian sid, but updates with critical bugs happen. Here, either independently wool bug tracking or put something like apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges.

Answer 4

Install Ubuntu LTS, since you have such questions, my advice to you. Moreover, there are much fewer problems with games (dota 2, cs 1.6 calmly took off from steam in a mouse-like way).
About the server, I would still speculate, but on the desktop, ubunta is more suitable for you.

Answer 5

1) In terms of stability, both options are about the same, right?

Debian testing... this is Debian testing. But if you install a stable version (which I recommend doing for the main desktop OS), then Ubuntu will be more stable.
testing - is needed not for security, but to check how new versions of this or that software work before putting them on the main axis.
Also, if you install Ubuntu, get rid of Unity as soon as possible, value judgment, 18+.

Answer 6

For me, the decisive argument at one time was a larger number of third-party packages and the presence of a large number of fresh non-standard ones on launchpad (well, ppa in general). In Debian, they are often not brought in, and ubuntu works with a bang. But personally, I prefer Mint = ubuntu+good-old-de-out-of-the-box.