I’m putting together a bunch of my old PC parts to get a home server going, and i was wondering what the best OS would be. I have Mint installed on it currently, but I’m not sure thats the best option so I’m looking for alternatives.
I’m definitely a Linux novice, so I dont want anything super complicated. I was thinking of using Debian since it seems decent, but I really know nothing about the different distros and would appreciate a good starting point if anything


Debian is the most stable. If you find Debian boring, try Fedora Server, it comes with cockpit and podman pre-installed. Although, you can install cockpit in Debian too, it gave me some issues when doing something that required root.
Here’s a link to an old post of mine, check it out.
https://lemmy.ml/post/5184922