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Few days ago somebody asked me why do I use Debian and why do I think is the best distribution out there. After explaining for around 30 minutes I decided to put my thoughts about this in here just in case somebody is wandering why to choose Debian GNU and not other derived from Debian distributions.

• Easy upgrades

• Inclusion of more than 29.000 integrated software packages

• Rock-solid stability, there is no need to reboot for standard updates or upgrades

• Superior system security

• Proven reliability in real world situations by thousands of demanding commercial, industrial, academic and non-profit organizations around the globe

• The most carefully thought out policy of any computing platform

• Provides significant consistency among packages

• Requires separation of configuration, code, and data

• Packaging modularity requirements allow for a smaller footprint

• Consistent help interface: Man pages are required, info(1) is optional

• Institutionalizes the value of working to support 100% of users without disadvantaging any type of user

• Default configurations should work for most users without configuration

• Much, much more!

• Relatively straightforward configuration and upgradeability

• Source code availability to help us find bugs, fix security flaws without waiting for patches, and customize features to better meet your business objectives

• Support by a community that includes over 1,200 registered developers

• The most cosmopolitan Linux distribution with large installed bases in every region on SpaceShip Earth making it uniquely positioned to benefit from the growing trends of globalization

• Supported by a guiding vision in its Social Contract and Software Guidelines that will ensure a dedicated army of people from all around the globe to keep Debian improving on a sustainable basis

• Democratic governance structure that helps ensure success moving forward

• The best bug tracking system of any Linux distribution to rout out bugs and misfeatures

• Like the Linux kernel, Debian developed as the spontaneously collaborative initiative of hundreds and eventually thousands of individuals. Phenomena that spontaneously organize have a primacy in their constitution that is rare, special, long-lived and fundamentally re-orienting for society and markets (as Woodrow Wilson observed, “the highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people”)

• The synergetic effect of these advantages is that our Debian-focused development is less expensive and more robust than if we based our software on other Linux distributions

• Is the only distro that can run on many CPU architectures, you have the option to have not only the Linux kernel but NetBSD, FreeBSD and Hurd kernels as well