I am about to set up a cloud instance with linux operating system, and the common choice here normally would be ubuntu. But since they failed their newest release, and I have the option of going fedora or debian. What would you guys recommend for server?

  • f3nyx@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 days ago

    Github has zero 9’s so at this point just use Arch for everything fuck it

    (I would personally recommend Debian)

  • SpicySquid@lemmy.ml
    18·
    6 days ago

    Best fit is always dependent on how you’re planning to use it. Find out what your requirements before you set up a server.

    Generally Debian is chosen very often, but I’d wager pretty much any distro will do. Your own experience goes a long way in making a distro a good choice.

    • somethingDotExe@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      6 days ago

      It is going to run af .go application that is the backend for my website. Handling user logins, database translation etc.

      • SpicySquid@lemmy.ml
        3·
        5 days ago

        Go applications are statically built. So you don’t really need anything special on the server for that. Anything will do. Debian would be fine here.

    • somethingDotExe@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      6 days ago

      Which one has the biggest repositpry libruary off the bat? It’s a GUI-less server. So no browser downloading of .deb files anyways.

  • Arcanoloth@lemmy.ml
    6·
    6 days ago

    I personally favour Alpine Linux for its minimalism, but Devuan or Debian are fine, and more familiar choices, too. Depending on what you intend to run, especially appliance-like things, OpenBSD might be a good alternative.

  • consequential@lemmy.ml
    2·
    5 days ago

    Do yourself a favor and go with Nixos. Dive head first into to the rabbit hole and set up a repeatable and immutable system. You’ll thank yourself later when so many maintenance tasks become a GitOps workflow: update config, commit, push, build, deploy, rollback if it fails

  • Dingaling@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    SME here, moving around 300 vms from Rocky to Debian.

    But your question is really too vague. Our workflows are quite traditional, but the world is a big place and there is no single right answer here.

  • bizdelnick@lemmy.ml
    2·
    6 days ago

    If you are choosing between Fedora and Debian, definitely go with Debian. Fedora evolves too rapidly for professional use, and its administration requires excessive effort.

  • stoicEuropean@lemmy.ml
    2·
    6 days ago

    I think there are many right answers, and in the end it’s dependent on your personal likings. I am self-hosting using Fedora, and I couldn’t be happier.

  • somethingDotExe@lemmy.worldOP
    13·
    6 days ago

    My AI says I should always choose Debian 12 (last stabel) instead of 13 (latest build). Is this still a thing? Not hosting applications that needs to be reliably run on latest builds?