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

  • happy_wheels@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I would recommend Debian or OpenSUSE LEAP (not Tumbleweek). Both distros work fine headless, as they are rock-solid and give you control over your update & maintenance timings. .