I am getting back to the Virtual/Web-Min combo but when looking at this I have some challenges:
CentOS/RHEL 6 on i386 and x86_64 and, 7 and 8 on x86_64
Debian 9 and 10 on i386 and amd64
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS and 20.04 LTS on i386 and amd64 (non-LTS releases are not supported)
CentOS Linux is being sundowned in december. Would CentOS Stream work , which I don’t know a lot about and frankly could work, but that is why I am asking here.
Debian can’t be used because they only allow Intel cards (long story short I have a Broadcom NIC and spent a few weeks last year trying to get it to work and all I get was hate from Debian for not using Intel)
The ONLY obvious grade A left is Ubuntu.
You guys do not mention Ubuntu Server, but that is the one I would choose. Get Ubuntu Server | Download | Ubuntu
Yes, Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS would be just fine (minimal clean install from an image). It is a great choice.
CentOS Stream should also work though, however if I had to choose between these two, I would have chosen Ubuntu Server over CentOS Stream, well, at least for now.
Its a very broad question, preferences dependant on experience and what the service is for. I am using CentOS 8.3 at the moment and happy to stay until later this year. Eventually, I think I will migrate to RedHat as they now include 16 free licenses. I would not stay on Stream for production. You can use Ubuntu server. There will be a few new distros popping up based on RH/CentOS variation, personally I dont want to start something that might die within 24 months. Ubuntu is a good option but again a personal choice and how the server is managed. There is probably also a difference whether you host from home or in a datacentre versus clients.
Well, that is just the thing. You don’t want to expose yourself to a migration scenario if it can be helped and while there are differences between distributions I do not plan to use their native functionality any more than absolutely necessary.
Ubuntu 16 is end of life. Don’t even consider it. If you’re going Ubuntu, 20 is the only way to go as 18 only has a couple years left.
I’ve actually set up another little experiment server with Debian 10 after a post @Joe made and I really like it. So far not a single, unnecessary update. With Ubuntu it just seems like there’s an update every single day for some reason.
Since you persist.
Debian has inherently poor support for NIC Chipsets that are not Intel. They made that decision a few years ago and I investigated this extensively because I could not believe I would not be able to run Debian off a standard HPE server with default hardware. Turns out my NIC’s were Broadcom, particularly the BNX2 driver.
So I tried the NON-Free version of Debian: Debian -- Details of package firmware-bnx2 in buster
to no avail.
Explanation of Debians Non-Free: 2. The Debian Archive — Debian Policy Manual v4.5.1.0
Whether you run Debian on an old laptop or a water mill does not really matter if you network cards drivers are included default in the Debian distro, mine are not.
Hi, Sounds like Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS is the way to go right now, are the Canonical cloud tuned machine images available at the various top tier cloud providers minimal by default?
but
I dont find any obvious explanation as to the diff between stream and linux editions… this may be helpful: Contribute/CentOSStream - CentOS Wiki but I really don’t know for sure.
And that was my point that for some strange reason you keep ignoring: It doesn’t matter if you have a choice or not. If you’re going to be installing Virtualmin, they recommend you do the minimal install. Period.
So if all you have is the minimal install, you’re good to go. There’s no need to look for anything else.
Read that about 5 times and see if any of it sinks in.
Edit to add: You have options on Ubuntu during your install to add additional features. DO NOT add additional features. Just use the image they give you and don’t add anything additional to it. Virtualmin will add whatever you need.
