I second that, and here are the reasons why choose Debian: https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian

Also, the most dependable docker images are Debian based, Google distroless image is Debian based, most single board computer's OS are Debian based, Tails, Kali, Ubuntu, all Debian based and the list goes on and on.

It's the most mature and stable disto out there and is reference in the Linux world for more than 27 years.

EDIT: ...and is more up-to-date than CentOS, I just checked and CentOS seems to be using an old/non-LTS kernel :/

I wish there was something like Ubuntu’s LTS, paid support, and release cycle, but with plain old Debian as the OS. Ubuntu’s “innovation” has been negative value since the beginning of time. Oh snap!