If you are looking for a NAS solution, then I would recommend FreeNAS
highly. The web interface is easy to use, plus you get first class ZFS
support.

On Nov 20, 2017 2:10 PM, "Matthew Crews" <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm sure this comes up every so often.
>
> I'm in the process of repurposing an older desktop machine I have lying
> around and turning it into a NAS. I would like to do as little system
> administration as possible once it is set up. I would like relatively
> recent packages too, but I do NOT want to use a rolling release system.
>
> I haven't decided on which distribution to use. My top three choices:
>
> 1. Debian Stable (presently 9.2)
> 2. Ubuntu LTS (presently 16.04, soon will be 18.04)
> 3. Others
>
> Debian Stretch was recently released, and so the packages are newer than
> what's found in Ubuntu 16.04. However, Ubuntu 18.04 is just around the
> corner and will contain newer packages than Debian Stretch.
>
> Anoption is also to install Ubuntu 17.10, upgrade to 18.04 in April, and
> keep it on the LTS path going forward, but I feel that could be a recipe
> for disaster. Not terribly comfortable with running non-LTS Ubuntu on this
> machine, though.
>
> I'm most comfortable with Debian-based distros, but I'm open to using
> other distros if they do the job well, such as CentOS, OpenSUSE, and the
> like. I'm open to using a BSD (like FreeNAS) if it does the job and my
> hardware works for it.
>
> What's everyone's experiences? For my use case, what is the preference?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Matt
>
>
>
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