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

  • harsh3466@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    I use Ubuntu Server on my home servers. Been running it on them for years without issue. I know Canonical/Ubuntu get a lot of hate in the linux community, but for server side things, I think it’s great.

    1. If you use an LTS (24.04) version, you can get super long term security updates, meaning you don’t have to worry about a full os upgrade for 10-15 years (via the free Ubuntu pro).
    2. It’s super solid, boring, and dependable, which is what you want out of a server os
    3. If you need it, there’s a TON of documentation/support information out there for Ubuntu.