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The most popular choice here is by far any flavour of [[GNU/Linux|Linux]]. [[BSD|BSD]] is sometimes considered better. Using MacOS will earn you derision from Linux and Windows sysadmins alike. Don't use Windows. | The most popular choice here is by far any flavour of [[GNU/Linux|Linux]]. [[BSD|BSD]] is sometimes considered better. Using MacOS will earn you derision from Linux and Windows sysadmins alike. Don't use Windows. | ||
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| − | ==Debian== | + | ===Debian=== |
| + | ===Ubuntu=== | ||
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| − | + | {{Note|Due to the recent shift in policy by RedHat, [https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/ CentOS 8] will cease being supported in favor of CentOS Stream, A rolling release style distro. You can still use CentOS, just be aware that it will no longer be supported.}} | |
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| + | ===FreeBSD=== | ||
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| − | == | + | =Hypervisor= |
| + | ===Proxmox=== | ||
| − | == | + | ===VMware ESXi=== |
=NAS Centric= | =NAS Centric= | ||
NAS-centric operating system for a home server. Software designed for retards, with simple GUIs to set up your services. | NAS-centric operating system for a home server. Software designed for retards, with simple GUIs to set up your services. | ||
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| + | ==Open Media Vault== | ||
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==[https://xpenology.org/ Xpenology]== | ==[https://xpenology.org/ Xpenology]== | ||
A free version of the OS Synology uses for their NAS products. Obviously you won't get any support from Synology if you use this. | A free version of the OS Synology uses for their NAS products. Obviously you won't get any support from Synology if you use this. | ||
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* [https://xpenology.com/forum/ Xpenology Forums] | * [https://xpenology.com/forum/ Xpenology Forums] | ||
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| + | ==unRAID== | ||
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| + | ==TrueNAS CORE== | ||
Revision as of 10:05, 23 December 2020
The most popular choice here is by far any flavour of Linux. BSD is sometimes considered better. Using MacOS will earn you derision from Linux and Windows sysadmins alike. Don't use Windows.
Contents
Linux
Debian
Ubuntu
CentOS
BSD
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
Hypervisor
Proxmox
VMware ESXi
NAS Centric
NAS-centric operating system for a home server. Software designed for retards, with simple GUIs to set up your services.
Open Media Vault
Xpenology
A free version of the OS Synology uses for their NAS products. Obviously you won't get any support from Synology if you use this.
Supports differently sized physical disks and adding hard drives to expand as needed.
