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Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro
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Honestly when you kind of know Debian than stay with it. It's greater software. You can easily install a graphical desktop if you like to do so. Also it's quit comfortable to have the same package manager on all you systems.
Mine is running Debian and to my memory has never crashed or required me to restore a backup once in several years.