What's a minimal (for a headless home server) 64 bit distro

Windows 10, desu~

>arch
>server
kek

I just want a kernel, networking, ssh, samba and mono.

>>55754752
I run that on my pc, but I want leenoox on my server

>>55754755
What's funny?

>>55754755
I know, I know, its just that I need this to be minimal to run on shit hardware

>>55754777
Why? What are you running that can't run on Windows?

windows 10 core m8

Headless
256 MB RAM (128 MB free to OS) / 2 GB Storage

Headed
512 MB RAM (256 MB free to OS) / 2 GB Storage

freebsd

>>55754794
I don't want to turn on my pc every time I want to stream a movie to the living room, or fetch a file from my laptop

>>55754736
debian stable netinstall

>>55754768
>samba
>mono
why ?

>>55754736
freebsd > alpine linux > ubuntu server > arch

FreeNAS

>>55754801
I haven't heard of that...
Does it give you a remote PowerShell terminal?

>>55754802
Never tried it... Have the feeling that its going to suck at power management...

>>55754834
you were doing so well until that last one

>>55754820
>samba
I have windows pcs that will be accessing files on the server

>mono
C# > Python
I have a few projects that communicate through TCP to server programs I wrote in C#, they work amazingly well on mono

>>55754840
Will it have mono on its packages?
Or would I have to compile it myself?

>>55754834
Never heard of alpine, what is it?

>>55754888
>I have windows pcs that will be accessing files on the server
doesn't windows support nfs too ? samba is really shitty.

>>55754952
I don't know, will check

>>55754736
Debian stable or a BSD distro. Maybe Cent?

>>55754736
>Server
>updated packages
Why?

>>55755315
because I don't want to enjoy zero-days if I open it to the outside world...

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>>55754736
What's is wrong with you?
Just use debian.

>>55754736
>minimal
Most every OS has a "minimal" option. Maybe instead of making 'what distro' threads you should start learning what a Linux is.

Debian.

Stop asking silly questions.

>>55754736
Why do you need bleeding edge for a server?

>>55754736
Ubuntu. No business uses arch. There's a reason.

>>55754786
Arch is a manchild distro.

>>55754790
Damn small Linux. If you can't run it, 1975 wants its hardware back.

>>55754794
Server applications not built into windows.

>>55754801
Really, you actually run that shit? You realize windows core is a meme, right?
Also windows 10 is not a server os.

Ubuntu XFCE. Or another flavor of ubuntu. I mean shit, they made Ubuntu MATE able to run on an Rpi2 smoothy enough and that thing runs off a fucking microSD.

>>55754952
Samba works well if you learn how to use it. Version 4 can act as a fully functional domain controller.

>>55754736
Debian testing or Ubuntu Server.

Or you can go Arch just like I did, there's nothing wrong with it and it works just fine.
Just be careful with updates, you may want to look around first to see if the recent updates ships with broken packages or not, but it's rare...

>>55759379
>there's nothing wrong with it
Besides the entire concept of a non-novelty distro that you have to piece together by hand from scratch, sure.

>>55759250
18+ site, junior
>>>/global/rules/2

>>55759285
>DE
>on a headless server

'no'

ubuntu server is fine, just ssh into it, harden it up, and enjoy.

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>>55754736
Don't go Arch for server. I made the mistake in the past. Stability is way more important than up to date packages on a server.
>Slackware
Makes a good server if you don't want to update or install packages. Very easy to install and set up as a server.
>Debian netinst (non-free)
This is what I use for my headless server. It works flawlessly on anything I throw it at. It's as stable as Slackware and easy to update.
> Ubuntu server
More bloated than I would like. It needed me to install a video driver on my headless server. Not a bad option if you really want it.