CosmicWanderer
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What is the best distro for servers?
Best server distro
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There's no really great answer to this question. All of the (your type of) server-oriented distros will be fine.
Do you mean a game server, web server, mining server, AI server, streaming server, etc?
I just put Ubuntu on my new dedicated server last night. It will work, and I'm very familiar with the ecosystem. It's not just a web server, but a server that hosts clients' websites. Ubuntu should work perfectly.
Do you mean a game server, web server, mining server, AI server, streaming server, etc?
I just put Ubuntu on my new dedicated server last night. It will work, and I'm very familiar with the ecosystem. It's not just a web server, but a server that hosts clients' websites. Ubuntu should work perfectly.
Debian, RHEL clones, Ubuntu LTS and you can probably add Opensuse tot that list
CaffeineAddict
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The best server distro is one that's most secure, that is, as you make it secure, not how secure it is by default.
Any distro that leans closer to rolling release is not an option, closer is worse, so Debian would be best fit for that purpose.
Any distro that leans closer to rolling release is not an option, closer is worse, so Debian would be best fit for that purpose.
AlphaObeisance
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On my home lab I started with Ubuntu because that's what everyone always recommends. Eventually I upgraded to Fedora, and now I'm running Alma Linux (essentially RHEL) for all of my high priority systems and Debian for all of my game servers.
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CosmicWanderer
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How do RHEL clones perform on older hardware?
Well, RHEL and clones tend to run older kernels and older binaries.
The 9.x series runs on old hardware pretty good. The 10.x series wants a certain micro-code level.
I did spin up an AlmaLinux (RHEL, basically) VM the other day. (It's for a project.)
It runs very well in a constrained VM. However, I have no desktop environment.
But, it appears to use a similar amount of resources as any other mainstream Linux with the same constraints.
It runs very well in a constrained VM. However, I have no desktop environment.
But, it appears to use a similar amount of resources as any other mainstream Linux with the same constraints.
beanburrito
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Debian or BSD.
Devuan - even better.
Considering where things are going, I complemented my laptop setup by installing FreeBSD with XFCE on my older laptop couple of months back. Works perfectly well.
Now I have one with Devuan, and one with FreeBSD. Both clean, lean, with no hysteria and no excessive politics.
beanburrito
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I fully expect M$ to parade out a Linux option, and the clueless masses will say with glossy eyes, "So THAT'S Linux, I've heard about it..." And they will nurse off the teat of M$ Linux, which will in turn corrupt search results even further for Linux related whatevers.
Linux still has its uses, but BSD is more enchanting.
Linux still has its uses, but BSD is more enchanting.
It is enchanting, because it's complete.
FreeBSD Foundation maintains entire operating system - kernel, and all the tools. One team ships everything you need, there is one tool for each job, and they do the job well.
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