title: difference between building a docker from ubuntu base image and python base image?
body: <p>Docker newbie here.</p>
  
  <p>I was reading the <a href="https://docs.docker.com/compose/django/" rel="noreferrer">documentation</a> on how to setup Django webapp using Docker and I realized that the dockerfile uses</p>
  
  <p><code>FROM python:2.7</code></p>
  
  <p>Can I still use the same dockerfile contents but change it to</p>
  
  <p><code>FROM ubuntu:14.04</code></p>
  
  <p>and make it work with python 2.7 or 3.4 for Django 1.8.1?</p>