So this is my first attempt at a home server and it’s basically an SSD boot drive and a 1 TB (I know it’s small) HDD crammed into a gaming pc case and powered by a Ryzen 3 2200g… Hardly high tech, however… I’ve been told Linux is best so I foolishly tried installing Linux on a different SSD earlier… It didn’t go well as I accidentally installed it to the 1TB HDD and wiped out 700GB of data 🤦♂️.
I persevered and tried getting homarr installed which wasbas successful as Jimmy Savilles child minding service so I gave up and stuck my windows SSD back in…
So wonderful people of Reddit, should I just stick with windows, is it worth another shot at Linux? Should I use Ubuntu server, or standard Ubuntu? I’d love to get your input to the pros and cons, although right now I’m seeing nothing but cons for Linux 😅
What’s the goal?
Linux is the most prevalent server (and arguably general) OS on the planet, hands down. If you want to learn more about it, use it for a project, get a job, etc, you can’t do any better.
Ubuntu generally Just Works and has an easy gui installer for both desktop and server. Ubuntu and Ubuntu server are just a few different packages away from each other, plus a few minor differences. If you administer all your machines via ssh, no need for the desktop.
If you want to learn about containerization, virtualization, SR-IOV, HPC, NUMA, etc, Linux is a wonderful platform to push the limits of your hardware (or have as a rock solid server).
Windows is fine, but I think there are far better server choices in the world — specifically Linux or BSD.