[wtbob]

> Ubuntu was the second Linux distribution I put my hands on back in 2008, after giving Fedora a try and being frustrated

For me it was RedHat, then Fedora, then Ubuntu, then Mint, then Debian.

> I just think it is unfair to look at Ubuntu with disdain and bring JavaScript and Ruby developers

The thing is, Ubuntu is kind of the Blub of distros: folks fond of it it can see where it's better, but not where it's worse.

As for server-side JavaScript and Ruby: I maintain that they are smells in any system. JavaScript is a mistake whose popularity relies on an historical accident. Ruby's a neat little language, but every single system I've used which utilises Ruby has been broken.