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[Question] [Project] [Help] What's a good OS for a home server? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
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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

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[–] 7 points 6 months 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

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