Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro (lemmy.world)

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Hey, folks I'm moving my main PC to linux soon, and for that I have settled on Mint. However, I also plan to build a homelab pc for the first time to selfhost some services, mainly Jellyfinn, some game servers, and possibly next cloud, but I'm unsure which distro to go with for that.

I have some experience running debian headless (on an orange pi) and I can use ssh and the cli just fine, however, I also want the server pc to (maybe) serve as a moonlight client in my living room, so I was leaning towards something that is not headless, and I am unsure if I should also go with Mint for that or if something else might be more suitable.

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Another pov/idea perhaps - you can still run proxmox & only one virtual machine (eg standard Debian, no performance loss), but perhaps gain backups if you plan to eventually add a second machine (location?) instead of local redundancy.

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