I’m putting together a bunch of my old PC parts to get a home server going, and i was wondering what the best OS would be. I have Mint installed on it currently, but I’m not sure thats the best option so I’m looking for alternatives.

I’m definitely a Linux novice, so I dont want anything super complicated. I was thinking of using Debian since it seems decent, but I really know nothing about the different distros and would appreciate a good starting point if anything

  • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
    7·
    22 days ago

    Debian is the most stable. If you find Debian boring, try Fedora Server, it comes with cockpit and podman pre-installed. Although, you can install cockpit in Debian too, it gave me some issues when doing something that required root.

    Here’s a link to an old post of mine, check it out.

    https://lemmy.ml/post/5184922

  • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    22 days ago

    An OS you know your way around. There is no right answer. It’s one that you understand. Things will break, it should be the one you have no problems fixing when the time comes.

    I have strong preferences for why I use slackware and would not use anything else for myself, but would I recommend it to anyone, no.

  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    22 days ago

    I’m not much of a fan of Debian, but in your position would still recommend it. You’ll have enough to learn about from just using it as a server. You can learn about potential advantages of other distros later…

  • p4rzivalrp2@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    22 days ago

    I used Debian because I thought it’d be stable, but I’ve had a couple hitches so I’d use smth you’re familiar with

  • DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml
    2·
    22 days ago

    Originally coming from free-level VMware before Broadcom happened, I really like Proxmox. Proxmox gives you a relatively easy to use web interface to “spin up” container services and VMs as needed. There are also community repos with plenty of pre-built containers for popular self-hosting services. I find this setup generally easier to use and maintain than Docker (tho I’m sure die-hard Docker fans heartily disagree). I really appreciate that I can update my services at will without waiting for someone to build an updated docker image first.