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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    13 hours ago

    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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      9 hours ago

      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