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fubo ,

This is what Debian is for.

AlmightySnoo ,
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You can go for Alpine Linux: www.alpinelinux.org

Max_P ,
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Apart from Debian, I guess Alpine. It's quite popular in containers for its small size. Even Arch will be much bigger in that case because the packages are much less granular and install development libraries and headers for about everything.

butter ,

I went Debian without a Desktop for my server. I later installed a desktop for the occasion that I need it. But mostly, I use SSH

lemmylommy ,

Dietpi

Genrawir ,

Debian netinst. The network installable iso is much smaller than the full image as you only download stuff you actually want to install. Ubuntu used to have a mini.iso but sadly they got rid of it AFAIK.

Fjor ,
  • OpenSuse
  • Debian
  • Alpine

Would be the three I’d choose from atleast.

RootBeerGuy ,
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So… Debian.

jvrava9 ,
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I run Debian

fraydabson , (edited )

I use arch.
edit: lol while I am new to arch, I guess I kind of expected people to disagree with me. I was under the impression that stock arch is very lightweight? I know there used to be jokes about “I installed Arch” cause it’s supposed to be hard. But I installed Arch on my desktop and server recently, I did the manual install on my desktop and the guided install on my server. Both super straight forward. Plus Arch seems to have some of the best documentation across distros. I don’t know why it should not be suggested, unless I am missing something.

myersguy ,

Most people want stability (low change) for servers. Arch is typically run where plentiful software updates are welcome. It’s not that you can’t/shouldn’t use Arch for servers, but it isn’t the most conventional suggestion.

slacktoid ,
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Slackware

KISSmyOS ,

seconded.

rodbiren ,

MicroOS has worked well as a server for me. Run everything as a container. Use caddy and portainer for reverse proxy and container manager respectively. Auto updates, immutable, and has been bulletproof for me for awhile now.

NegativeLookBehind ,
@NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social avatar

Debian.

giacomo ,

I like debian

bastion ,

A lot of people are saying Debian, because Debian.

Debian. I’ve literally run Debian stable with uptimes of over a year.

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

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