Christopher Chan wrote:
Yes, there are not too many surprises with CentOS. However, debian has also had a very good reputation for stability - and Ubuntu builds on that while also providing timely releases.
Please do not subscribe to the notion that ubuntu builds on Debian stability.
Debian stability comes from never changing anything, so obviously not...
Ubuntu has had releases with certain key tools broken such as the GNOME Network configuration tool.
Has that been the case in the LTS release?