Comment on Should I be using Debian?
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I honestly only use debian headless, and manage the server via ssh and manage docker containers via portainer’s web ui.
I’m not new to linux though, so 100% stay with a desktop environment like the one that comes with Mint, because that makes things much much simpler. It’s all debian under the hood at the end of the day, and 95% of services provide install guides for debian-based systems anyways. Is this optiplex 3050 your first homelabbing system?
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Yeah just from everything I’ve read from everyone, I definitely will stick with keeping my server on mint and then do the experimenting I want on a totally separate machine.
I have done some stuff with old laptops solely for media servers but now that I have a bit more computing power, my mind is getting curious. I’ve noticed the differences in performance having the better cpu and more ram so now I’m starting to get more into a rabbit hole with my curiosity. Just all the responses on here have given me a lot of good starting points to try out. Docker and and VM stuff sound really interesting, I absolutely love Linux and glad windows finally got me to switch with all their bs