Debian Stable vs Ubuntu LTS vs Others for a NAS

[Stephen Partington]

I use ubuntu, because it is familiar. If you are familiar with Debian use
that.

I am a fan of openfiler and freeNAS for dedicated nas solutions. but I will
use whatever fits the need.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:39 PM, Brien Dieterle <briend at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would just go with Debian Stable.  You're already comfortable with
> this.  Why not?  Then you'd have all the flexibility you need down the road
> if you decide to do more with the box.
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Matthew Crews <mailinglists at 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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