Edit: wow, this is a never ending comment section!

  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    322·
    5 months ago

    Proxmox (debian) on the hosts, and Debian for all the VMs and Containers.

    Just nice and easy to use, supported by basically everything, and a minimal install uses like 30MB of RAM.

    I also have an OSX VM because that’s literally the only way you can test a website in Safari (fu Apple).

    • Billygoat@catata.fishEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      Love proxmox. Been using it for nearly a decade and while it has its pain points it has been rock solid for me for the past 4 years.

    • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      You don’t need Safari unless it’s for Apple Pay integration or something. WebKit is open source. Use Epiphany or some other browser that uses it.

  • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    181·
    5 months ago

    Debian. It is rock solid. If software doesn’t support Debian, chances are it supports something Debian based. You never have to worry about an update breaking your computer. It is the perfect “it just works” distro for a server.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    17·
    5 months ago

    Three HP ProLiant servers running ProxMox cluster. Each box has a VM for Portaiber, as well as mismatch of VMs running Home Assistant OS, OpenWRT, Ubuntu, Windows and Debian, along with a Windows file server that connectes to four cheap NAS running Ubuntu LTS with a combined 20 mismatched hard drives by iSCSI and borgs them together with Storage Spaces.

    It’s a fucking mess, if I’m honest.

  • daniskarma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    5 months ago

    Debian.

    Stable, well documented, easy to install. I do not need anything else right now.

  • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    5 months ago

    Ubuntu LTS, with all my services in Docker containers.

    I know Ubuntu gets a lot of (deserved) hate for some of the shit Canonical pulls, but for now, I like Ubuntu and it works for me.

    When I rebuilt my server at the beginning of the month, I was gonna jump to Debian, but my god the Debian website is obtuse. After looking at the site and trying to determine what to download to get Debian with non-free (I’m unfortunately working with an NVIDIA card), I decided to go with Ubuntu. I needed a smooth rebuild process and with Ubuntu I know exactly what I’ll get when I download the LTS server.

    Edit: grammar

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      It’s always best to use whatever distro you’re most comfortable with. Especially if you’re going to install stuff in containers/VMs so the repos of the base distro don’t even matter that much.

    • BlueBockser@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      After looking at the site and trying to determine what to download to get Debian with non-free (I’m unfortunately working with an NVIDIA card)

      FWIW, Debian 12 now includes non-free firmware in the installation media by default and will install whatever is necessary.

      I agree that the Debian website has its weaknesses, but beyond finding the right installer (usually netinst ISO a.k.a small installation image on https://www.debian.org/distrib/) there isn’t much of a learning curve. I started out with Ubuntu too, but finally decided that enough was enough when snap started breaking my stuff on desktop.

      • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        The inclusion of non-free by default was what was unclear to me from the website. Knowing that now, I’ll likely give Debian a spin next time I need an install.

    • PHLAK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      I am super impressed with Arch on my home servers. People seem to think “rolling” means “unstable” but the only issues I’ve had were due to some weird hardware incompatibility with my motherboard. Once I replaced the mobo my system has been rock solid AND reasonably up-to-date (I do use LTS kernel).

      • Molecular0079@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        I felt the exact same way. So many comments online told me that running Arch as a home NAS was insane, but after the Jupiter Broadcasting guys did it without much issue, I decided to give it a go and was pleasantly surprised. I think if most of your stuff is running in Docker and you have BTRFS snapshots for your root filesystem, the system’s pretty much bullet proof. The rolling updates also mean you’ll never have huge upgrade cycles that are a pain in the ass to migrate to. You’re always just dealing with small manageable fires instead of large complicated ones and that’s a plus.