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What is the best distro for a home server?
>>53037589
ubuntu
ubuntu, because you won't fuck it up and annoy us again.
That or Debian.
>>53037589
Debian
>>53037589
CentOS
>>53037589
FreeBSD (no meme)
>>53037589
Ubuntu is pretty good.
How about telling us what its going to serv?
Debian.
>>53038241
Why does that matter?
>>53038249
Are you running a minecraft server or a file server to keep all of your gay cuck porn organised?
>>53038249
Well, if it isn't going to be some kind of multimedia thingy I would go with Debian, since it's not important how old the packets are.
>>53037589
Debian because an in place upgrade to new versions is easy
The current version of CentOS is a giant dog turd. If you're not willing to stick to CentOS 6 from 2010, use Debian.
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My vote goes to Debian GNU/Linux.
CentOS because of it's ease of setup for servers, and Debian because those huge repositories.
Commodity hardware, just go with Windows or Ubuntu [Server]. Real server hardware (3+ drives, ECC RAM, lots of cores) go for FreeNAS, it can host your gay cuck porn and a Minecraft server at the same time.
Looking into trying out a distro. Where would the differences lie if I get the same desktop environments for them?
>>53038741
package manager, repos
>>53038344
More proof that CentOS is the best for servers: better support for using daemons.
>>53037589
Centos, stable as fuck.
>>53038363
Babby scared of selinux and systemd?
Windows
Literally best at everything
>>53038805
t. Pajeet Rajeesh
arch
>>53038804
>implying
CentOS 7 is just BAD. Debian Jessie implements systemd much better. SELinux is needlessly fiddly and stupid if you step one hair out of the default configurations for a package.
TempleOS
Debian is best if you want linux.
FreeBSD is better for most uses. Sometimes you need linux, though.
>>53039881
You'd need to fork it and add in networking support
What about fedora server edition?
Ubuntu Server just works, it's stable but still has newer packages than Debian or Centos.
In my option Debian is good for computers not connected to internet for long periods of time and Centos for Enterprise computing.
>>53037589
ubuntu server, not even joking
unlike debian the up to date packages aren't broken
On centos 6.7
FUCK CENTOS 7
>>53037589
gentoo
>>53041496
>Ubuntu Server
>>53042626
I don't know why you are laughing at Ubuntu Server, it's pretty much the perfect Linux distro.
CentOS or Debian. If your enjoy buttsex, you can turn arch into a pretty good server, too. One of my friends swears by FreeBSD
>>53037589
Gentoo
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or FreeBSD.
>>53037589
That when they stop including SElinux. Until then Ubuntu.
CentOS, Arch or Debian
Debain imo
>>53037589
FreeNAS (ZFS for normies) or FreeBSD (for D.I.Y ZFS)
If security is a priority - OpenBSD.
If you must go the Linux route:
OpenMediaVault (for normies) or vanilla Debian (for D.I.Y). Slackware or CentOS are also good choices.
>>53037589
Absolutely without a doubt CentOS with Debian coming in a very, very far second.
The shit you learn with CentOS will transfer to a job as well as CentOS/RHEL is the industry standard linux server OS.
Also, fun tip with CentOS, you can use the official Redhat documentation which is top notch.
FreeBSD is good too if you wanna go down that path. Excellent docs as well.
>>53037589
It depends on what the fuck you're doing with it.
>>53043388
>tfw knowing CentOS got me my job
>>53039856
>>53038363
Why? Genuine question.
Slackware based http://sms.it-ccs.com/
>>53043388
I'm actually tempted to run CentOS for my future NAS/server running ZFS. I'm really comfy on Debian though.
Anything dealing with firewalls, networking and similar? FreeBSD because BSD network stack is a decade superior to the Linux one, use a Intel NIC if you want it to work, otherwise stick to Linux.
Anything else, CentOS or Debian.
>>53045177
>Anything dealing with firewalls, networking and similar? FreeBSD because BSD network stack is a decade superior to the Linux one
nope, you are stuck in the last decade. ipfilter is now way faster than pf for multi-cores
I use unRAID as I store a lot of media on it and run some Usenet stuff + Plex
Proxmox
Openmediavault
>>53037589
CentOS is the best distro for almost everything. If only it had more regular users too.
>>53038779
Underrated post
>>53037589
What would you be using it for? If your needs are fairly simple and straightforward I'd recommend OpenBSD. It's lightweight, stable, simple to setup and use, and you won't get anything more secure. This is the IS you want if you just want to install it, configure it and then forget it (for the most part anyway). There are OpenBSD servers that haven't been rebooted in years, if not decades. It'll hold up as long as your hardware does under normal circumstances.
If your needs are a little complex try FreeBSD. Again it's fairly simple and straightforward to setup and use, and it's almost as secure as OpenBSD. It's more stable than OpenBSD, but both are rock solid. Unlike OpenBSD however it has some really advanced features that puts it on par with the likes of CentOS or Red Hat. Plus the developers put a lot more emphasis on its Linux Compatibility layers, meaning that if you need it want something that's available for Linux but not FreeBSD, the binaries will still most likely work just as well, if not better.
Arch because with a server there's no xorg to break
Slackware
>>53046878
This
need some democracy
https://strawpoll.me/6855580
>>53037589
>>53038159
>>53039895
>>53042867
>>53045177
>>53043219
>FreeBSD
This.
>>53045899
Netflix refactored it, now FreeBSD is superior.
>>53053016
>Netflix refactored it, now FreeBSD is superior.
Netflix did not touch pf nor would their CDN servers have a need for pf.
http://freshbsd.org/search?q=netflix
>>53046878
I recently switched from straight FreeNAS to Proxmox hosting pfSense + FreeNAS (I'm not stupid, the RAIDZ drives are being passed straight to the FreeNAS VM). Works well if FreeBSD jails aren't enough for you or you otherwise need a bare metal hypervisor.
>>53037589
unraid
