Linux/Ubuntu
When Swift was open-sourced, it was delivered Linux-compatible. Ubuntu is the official flavor of Linux that Swift currently supports. Numerous other platforms that are Linux-based are being developed currently; for servers, the best option was and remains Ubuntu.
Ubuntu has been and still is a favored Linux-distribution for server applications way before Swift. A lot of other technologies are running reliably and well on Ubuntu, and so it is not surprising Apple decided to support Ubuntu primarily. Since Ubuntu is also open source and has a large user base, it is unlikely that using Ubuntu for Swift applications will disappoint. Initially, Swift on Linux had some compatibility issues; however, with every Swift version, those ...
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