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Which Linux distro for home server? (piefed.zip)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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I'm looking to turn an old laptop into a home server. What distros make sense to use for that? Use a server dedicated distro like Ubuntu Server or is a regular desktop environment like Mint fine too?

Edit: TL;DR use Debian

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[–] 1 point 8 months ago

So, a file server, mostly. A laptop is fairly inadequate for that, but will work for small loads.

There are specialist distributions for that purpose, but you seem to want something more "generic".

You have a choice of trendy (what the forums like), or industry standard what'susedon real life servers) basically.

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