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Forgive the question, I have an idea of what I want to run on it (jellyfin, sonarr, etc) but I am having a hard time figuring out optimal OS to run.

Windows? Linux? Something else? Any beginner advice is welcome!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Linux for sure. Whatever distro seems cool to you.

[–] republicofRAD 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks! Any specific distro you enjoy using?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can’t go wrong with Ubuntu, or kubuntu if you like kde.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@republicofRAD @SpaceToast

I specifically enjoy NixOS but I wouldn't recommend it to beginners as the documentation isn't great and the distro works differently from all other distros.

I would recommend linux mint.