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

    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Not everyone needs an atomic OS. Not everyone wants to use containers for everything. Because while those have value, they also add a layer of complexity and an additional learning curve.

        • owenfromcanada@lemmy.caEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You’re right–like I said, an atomic OS has its benefits, and containers are great. They’re just not a place I would point a beginner.

          It’s easy for those of us with more experience to forget what the learning curve is like. Sure, there are a handful of people out there who would enjoy starting out with Alpine or Arch, but there’s good reason most people start with Fedora or Mint or Ubuntu.

      • ulternoEnglish
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        2 months ago

        And possibly more clock-cycles, leading to higher energy usage.
        And maybe even more RAM.

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Debian still exists today because of the stability provided by older-but-perfectly-fucntional packages. Older ≠ bad