Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Space
I feel this is why Ubuntu is one of the most popular server distros.<p>Ubuntu is pretty unsuited for servers IMO.  It&#x27;s just complex and error-prone, IMO.  The packages aren&#x27;t always server-quality.<p>But it&#x27;s great for the desktop IMO, because Canonical actually tests against real hardware for you.<p>So the fact that people use Ubuntu for desktop&#x2F;laptop development makes it popular in the cloud, which I&#x27;ve always felt was unfortunate.<p>You could do some extra work to test your web app on a more minimal distro or on  a BSD, but why bother?  Ubuntu works to a degree, so you save that step.  Same with x86.