> Why anyone would prefer Ubuntu over Debian, which is a purer, higher quality, more mature distro, is beyond me.
replyFor me, I view Ubuntu as the "higher quality, more mature distro" which I value over "purity".
Your view does not seem to match reality, as shown by this story.
replyThere is a reason I moved to Debian; it is not like I just like the sound of it better.
My opinion of the story is that it is over hyped, with my hunch being it's possibly to throw free advertising towards Anthropic, though I have no proof of that, just my personal intuition based on the handwavyness of the story.
replyMy view is based on having used Ubuntu since 2006, Kubuntu since 2023 or so and a serious stint on Debian until they put out a patch via regular updates that bricked my machine's wifi (all of them). So my view is based on real world experience and your comment "Your view does not seem to match reality" doesn't seem to take my experience with Ubuntu and Debian into account.
You can argue about quality I guess, but how would Ubuntu be ‘more mature’ than Debian?
replyUbuntu (and Kubuntu) have never bricked all of machines after an update, Debian did, in recent years at that. So I will argue quality in favor of Ubuntu (and Kubuntu).
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