Debian has less complexityand is very stable. It has a nice wiki and a Debian system can run for a few years on unattended upgrades.

Edit: this post was originally about cost savings but that is not really a useful metric

  • fuzzzerd@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    I think this is a fairly common use case. Maybe not the most common, but I’ve definitely seen this at multiple shops.

    Density of RAM on hosts is often a limiting factor for scaling. Not every app is CPU hungry. Some just need to be available, and running a whole is for isolation is the way it’s done in a lot of shops.