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mcepl ,
@mcepl@lemmy.world avatar

Lightweight distro for a server is nonsense, IMHO. All major distros are made to work as a server (enterprise ones are made primarily for servers), so whichever one you use currently, use it. Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, whatever.

wiikifox OP ,
@wiikifox@pawb.social avatar

I’m not asking for a distro made specifically for servers. I’m asking for a distro that fits what I specified in the post body. Most people here said Debian, and I’m probably going with that as it’s my daily driver anyways.

mcepl ,
@mcepl@lemmy.world avatar

that as it’s my daily driver anyways.

That is in my opinion the most important one.

thelastknowngod ,

Talos. Make the jump.

Evil_Shrubbery ,

Debian or Ubuntu Server (or something specific to servers purpose, like OMV, etc).

… but ProxMox (a hypervisor, Debian based) doesn’t have much overhead & runs on old PCs pretty well. And with that, you can pretty much try any distro (as a full virtual machines, perhaps with dockers within it, or as a lightweight containers that are really resource efficient). Or separate containers for each purpose (for beginners, there are like TurnKey solutions to stuff like NAS, it takes literally a few minutes to set up).

Backups (snapshots) are easy too, and a later migration to a better/next server is basically two clicks away.

TheUnicornOfPerfidy ,

So the question I then have is, how hard would it be to virtualise my current Ubuntu server within Proxmox, both not having dealt with VMs before and having spent a lot of time on the server?

Evil_Shrubbery ,

To transfer image 1:1 from disk to VM?

Im sure there is a way (a quick search will probably give you your answer fairly quickly) … or just try Clonezilla, that way you can also revert back. As per usual with OS I would advise make a clean install on a new machine & transfer the rest manually, … however I’m lazy and wound definitely try to image copypasta the disk.

VMs as such aren’t really any different from regular machines, it’s just that you define virtual machine parts, well, virtually (like you can add disks, RAM, cores, etc as you wish).

Presi300 ,
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If definitely go with Alpine, really easy to setup, really light and has a great package manager (apk)

virtualbriefcase ,

Debian or Alpine would be perfect. Debian has bigger repos, better hardware compatibility, and maybe a bit more stability. Alpine is scary lightweight and a small ISO download.

neurospice ,

I use Debian for one and Arch for another. Debian is probably a better option, but I’ve had no issues with my arch server. Just use what you’re most comfortable with

eoli3n ,
@eoli3n@lemmy.ml avatar

what you ask is Debian what you need is FreeBSD

merthyr1831 ,

Dietpi. It’s debian with a small package repo of common selfhosting software pre-configured to work out of the box. It also has a dedicated community and very helpful maintainers!

BastingChemina ,

Did someone suggested Debian already? If not I would suggest Debian.

possiblylinux127 ,

Has anyone heard of debian?

ultra ,

Debian is perfect for this.

MangoKangaroo ,

Since nobody has said it yet: Ubuntu server or Debian. /s

In seriousness, I use both. They’re pretty great. Note that if you use Ubuntu server you can get Ubuntu Pro free for up to three devices. This comes with ten years (!) of security patches. Great if you aren’t keen on upgrading anytime soon.

Fjor ,
  • OpenSuse
  • Debian
  • Alpine

Would be the three I’d choose from atleast.

RootBeerGuy ,
@RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

So… Debian.

Patch ,

Honestly, literally anything with a server image will do.

Debian with minimal install. Ubuntu Server. Arch. Fedora Server. Anything.

Unless you’re intending to do something very niche or are using some very specific hardware, you’ll have very little difference using any mainstream distro.

If you currently use Linux as a desktop OS, sticking with a server OS from the same distribution or a closely related one will mean that you’ll find it much easier to manage than learning something new for marginal benefits.

I use Ubuntu for my desktop, so I stick with Ubuntu Server or Debian for servers. Keeps things simple.

ptman ,

Linux is quite lightweight. Pick a distro that doesn’t run a lot of stuff by default. OpenBSD only runs sshd exposed to the network, AFAIR. Debian probably does the same. But really, the lightness comes from what isn’t running. NixOS, fedora, rocky, alpine are all decent alternatives.

flashgnash ,

Using NixOS for my server. Makes self hosting a breeze because there’s built in config options for most services I’ve tried to setup

folak ,

Hi, you got dotfiles ? I want to take a look.

flashgnash ,

Have sent you an example of a nix config file on matrix

bluespin ,

Mind if I check it out as well? I’m considering switching to NixOS

Tippon , (edited )

You’d probably be better off asking in !selfhost (can’t remember how to link communities sorry fixed now ) and getting answers from people who run home servers. I was given suggestions for an OS like Proxmox, to run everything in containers.

zzzzzz ,

!selfhost

(put an “!” in front)

Tippon ,

Thank you :)

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