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What operating system do you use for your home server? I’m planning to do unraid but what are the other options and why would you pick one or another? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Silencer306@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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[–] Tiwenty@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Arch, because I've always had a better experience with it than Ubuntu, be it server or desktop. I also daily drive it on my desktops.

It's so much easier to setup. Only with Docker and MergerFS it's a command and easily updatable, instead of the PPA setups or bash installs you have to do on Ubuntu. The wiki is still the best.

And it's way easier to maintain when there's less stuff.

[–] budius333@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Oh.... Look at that...

You use arch BTW