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dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
You have arch and debian experience, so I think Debian would be grrat for your server.
You don’t want rolling releases (eg arch) on your server really because you don’t want stuff to break. Debian will be a rock solid choice.
I don’t feel confident with the hardware questions because I have never streamed higher than 1080p, but I would imagine it’d be easy for most systems. A used computer would probably be my choice, mostly for upgradeability, but that’s use more power than a mini-pc for example.
A normal used tower pc could be good if you plan on getting a cheap GPU down the line for transcoding (maybe you’re out and don’t want to use as much data, etc). CPUs can probably do a lot for one user though.
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Depends on the admin.
Arch servers are just fine. Just be sure to pay attention to Arch News to watch for manual interventions on certain updates. If anything, the older Debian packages can cause headaches occasionally. I personally use both distros as servers for different use cases.
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Sounds good, I mean you can use literally anything to host servers.
It’s a great choice especially when you plan to only use docker though, for sure, as you won’t really run into those old package issues (+ if u like to upgrade and feel very safe doing so each time without looking at news first, might be survivorship bias, but debian has never broken for me through multiple major version upgrades and I’ve been blindly upgrading each time).