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

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Yes, Debian is slow to change or break. Slow to change sucks on the desktop pretty often. But on servers not breaking and not changing is typically what you want.

      • who@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        4 hours ago

        Slow to change sucks on the desktop pretty often.

        Subjective opinion there.

        I like Debian on the desktop. It does what I need, gets out of my way, and minimises surprise changes in the software I use. In other words, it respects my time.

        If I were new to unix admin (as OP appears to be) I might try something like openmediavault for a home server.

        • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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          3 hours ago

          Opinions by their very nature are subjective.

          As someone who’s used Debian for 30 years though. Waiting years to use a new feature of an app was a common and painful experience in many cases. Nothing to do with stability. Though absolutely this is thankfully getting to be a bit outdated with the proliferation of flatpak etc.