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

  • Sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    2 个月前

    It’s super-convenient for installing apps that are already part of the ecosystem, but installing unvetted apps is less so. When they say you’re on your own they really mean it. I don’t like the workflow of being able to maintain some apps through the web portal, and then having to SSH to the machine for all my custom apps.

    I’d prefer a middle ground between Yunohost and, say, bare-metal Debian. But I think I’m just going to have to get stuck in and take the long way around to proper hosting. It’ll take longer, but I’ll learn more.

    • KryptonBlur@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 个月前

      Ah that’s good to know. I’ve only ever done regular Debian, and was considering trying yunohost to give an easy way of managing some of the applications, but maybe I won’t