Anyone here using MX Linux as a server?

[texneus]

I know of no reason MX couldn't be a server but if this is for a dedicated 24x7 server appliance you are better off with a bare bones OS without the "fluff" (IMHO). I have a server that runs pure Debian plus only the packages that are actually need (i.e. Samba). Very stable and very simple upkeep.

If command line is not your thing then you might take a look at Open Media Vault (aka OMV) which is basically Debian with web administration.

[acecombat2]

I know of no reason MX couldn't be a server but if this is for a dedicated 24x7 server appliance you are better off with a bare bones OS without the "fluff" (IMHO). I have a server that runs pure Debian plus only the packages that are actually need (i.e. Samba). Very stable and very simple upkeep.

If command line is not your thing then you might take a look at Open Media Vault (aka OMV) which is basically Debian with web administration.

I disagree. I make use of dockers to run a server applications, plus I appreciate existence of MXtools for management. Way better than barebones for long term.

Open Media Vault has two issues as far I remember using arrakis version, mainly the preserving state of operating system (migration is an issue), clunky handling samba configuration and permission. If nginx webserver having issues which hosting the omv web ui, you're stuck with cli which I've have no clue how to move around with it.

I did stay about 7 months with omv, but I still prefer handling using mx linux. Makes life easier to administer.

The good thing about omv, they support zfs and snapraid. which I'm struggling to get it running on mx linux.

The point is I'm happy user running mxlinux with :
1.dockers
2.VMware Workstation
3.Jellyfin
4.Webmin
5.cockpit
6.Duplicati
7.Heimdall
8.Qbittorent
9.Syncthing
10.Wordpress
11. Proprietory Accounting Server via Docker
12.Portainer
13.Wireguard
14.Plex
15.Openvpn
16. Nextcloud

Everything is GUI.



My policy, if webui fails, desktop is the next, if everything fails, back to basic terminal.

If its difficult to operate linux, back to windows.