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

  • owenfromcanadaEnglish
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    11 days 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.