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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You could go for the best of both worlds and use Mint LMDE (Debian Edition). But if only using it as a server, plain Debian should be all you need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ooooooo, I didn't know about that project! I'll definitely spin up a VM and check LMDE out. Thanks!