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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's not that it's bad on a server, it's just that something like Debian with a couple tools on top gets you to the same place with less resources.

    For a home server, that reduction in overhead can mean squeezing out a few more services on a single box.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

    Gotcha, I'll look into Debian. I chose Ubuntu as we use DoD STIGs at work and they have an automated tool and spec for Ubuntu.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Counterpoint, Ubuntu is popular because it usually has what you need. For home stuff especially the limiting factor is usually time, not processing power.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

    I'd challenge that asking what do you really need above base Debian?

    I've got a script to set up my debian servers and it doesn't include much beyond adding docker, assigning users to groups, and adding a couple tools (just looked them up: sudo ca-certificates curl gnupg ufw).

    I saw a significant decrease in idle CPU and RAM load by switching from Ubuntu-server to Debian Bookworm + those tools.