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Ubuntu is much more faster over Windows and helps to get software and other utilities easier and within a short span of time compared to Windows.
Ubuntu helps to get robustness and resiliency over Windows. Ubuntu runs faster than Windows on every computer that I have ever tested. LibreOffice (Ubuntu's default office suite) runs much faster than Microsoft Office on every computer that I have ever tested.
Global familiarity, free, widely used, and as a debian distro feels more comfortable when rapidly switching between local macOS and remote command lines.
CentOS does boast quite a few security/stability improvements, however as a RHEL-based distro, differs quite significantly in the command line and suffers from slightly less frequent package updates. (Could be a good or bad thing depending on your use-case and if it is public facing)
At the moment of the decision, my desktop was the primary place I did work. Due to this, I can't have it blow up on me while I work. While Arch is interesting and powerful, Ubuntu offers (at least for me) a lot more stability and lets me focus on other things than maintaining my own OS installation.
Pros of Buildroot
Pros of Ubuntu
- Free to use228
- Easy setup for testing discord bot96
- Gateway Linux Distro57
- Simple interface53
- Don't need driver installation in most cases8
- Many active communities5
- Open Source4
- Easy to custom3
- Great OotB Linux Shell Experience1
- Many flavors/distros based on ubuntu1
- Software Availability1
- Lightweight container base OS1
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Cons of Buildroot
Cons of Ubuntu
- Demanding system requirements4
- Adds overhead and unnecessary complexity over Debian3
- Systemd1
- Snapd installed by default1