Lightweight distro for home server?

Presi300 , 8 months ago

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

eoli3n , 8 months ago

what you ask is Debian what you need is FreeBSD

thelastknowngod , 8 months ago

Talos. Make the jump.

mcepl , 8 months ago

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 , 8 months ago

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 , 8 months ago

that as it’s my daily driver anyways.

That is in my opinion the most important one.

Patch , 8 months ago

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.

2xsaiko , 8 months ago

NixOS. Not going to switch away from NixOS for servers probably ever even if I decide to distro-hop on my desktop in the future. It’s essentially what “traditional server distro + docker + ansible” can only dream of being. If you don’t mind learning a very different system, that is. Also the size of its package repository is only rivaled by AUR ;)