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I have the mini computer. Now what? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 3 years ago by republicofRAD@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Forgive the question, I have an idea of what I want to run on it (jellyfin, sonarr, etc) but I am having a hard time figuring out optimal OS to run.

Windows? Linux? Something else? Any beginner advice is welcome!

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[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Linux for sure. Whatever distro seems cool to you.

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[–] republicofRAD@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Thanks! Any specific distro you enjoy using?

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[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago

You can’t go wrong with Ubuntu, or kubuntu if you like kde.

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[–] zbecker@mastodon.zbecker.cc 1 point 3 years ago

@republicofRAD @SpaceToast

I specifically enjoy NixOS but I wouldn't recommend it to beginners as the documentation isn't great and the distro works differently from all other distros.

I would recommend linux mint.

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