"I believe ubuntu is smaller debian wheezy smaller still or even alpine for tiny start point"

"I m in debian wheezy which is much more recent than ubuntu 10.04"

"Recompiling ubuntu kernels is harder -- it will require working with debian build tools"

"The main advantage of the debian image is the smaller size â it clocks in at around 85.1 mb compared to around 200 mb for ubuntu"

"As for debian being more stable than ubuntu for using as server it can be true in very rare occasions where the package is very obscure"

"Ubuntu heavily relies on python scripting and generally consumes more resources than debian"

"This is because ubuntu 15.10 uses a newer version of libc and libstdc++ which is not available on debian 8"

"Since ubuntu 10.10 is newer than debian squeeze if you can do it on squeeze you can certainly do it on ubuntu"

"Ubuntu is far less conservative than debian so you will get closer to the bleeding edge"

"Ubuntu has nicer frontend and could be more suitable for windows emigrants while debian is more for backend guys"