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  • It sounds like your goal is a headless server for running various services on? If that’s the case, I’d stick with a well supported, mainstem LTS distro. Rocky Linux (RHEL9) or Ubuntu Server is where I’d start.

    Typical software stack for me is Cockpit (bare metal management), Nginx Proxy Manager, and Portainer CE.

    If your system has a decent amount of memory, >32GB, ZFS in a raidz2 configuration for storage. Keep in mind that if you go the ZFS route that it’s memory hungry by design.

    For backup software, I ended up going with Restic but there are plenty of good solutions out there. Just make sure that you have one.

    Hopefully this gives you an idea where to start looking. Ultimately it comes down to a lot of research, realizing there are a lot of valid ways to go about this, and then choosing the one that makes the most sense to you.

















  • A last-gen refurbished pixel + GrapheneOS has been my go-to for years now. Gives me all the polished featured of flagship hardware with regular security updates and privacy.

    Bonus points, the google play compatibility shim means you can run 99% of apps that are on the play store.

    Just test the refurbished phone thoroughly on the stock os in case you need to swap it out.