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What's your experiences with Debian and Rocky as a homeserver OS? (external-content.duckduckgo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello there lemmings! Finally I have taken up the courage to buy a low power mini PC to be my first homeserver (Ryzen 5500U, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD, already have 6TB external HDD tho). I have basically no tangible experience with Debian or Fedora-based system, since my daily drivers are Arch-based (although I'm planning to switch my laptop over to Fedora).

What's your experiences with Debian and Rocky as a homeserver OS?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I'm using Rocky on my main server at the moment, I was/am used to Debian based operating systems beforehand but wanted to learn red hat without dealing with Oracle directly.

It was definitely a step curve getting to understanding the os but I'm quite happy with the stability of Rocky and it does everything I need and more. I think the real question is which would you get more enjoyment out of as far as learning and personally I don't think the learning curve is as steep with Debian.

The best thing I can advise is just back up your data regularly and if you're not vibing or something breaks don't be afraid to change to something different, though as an arch user I'm sure you're used to things breaking.