Debian

In Wikimedia production and Cloud VPS we use Debian GNU/Linux.

Debian is the GNU/Linux distribution used on Wikimedia production servers and Cloud VPS instances. It replaced our previous usage of Ubuntu.

• OS Upgrade Policy
• DebMonitor tracking

Documentation

• https://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#debian-handbook - Debian administrator manual (multi-language)
• https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ - Debian complete reference (multi-language)

See also

• wikipedia:Debian
• https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ - Why Debian is so stable, etc.
• https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian - How to not destroy your system stability