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First time - which distro is best for me? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by comrade19@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone I'm looking at setting up an 8th gen Intel machine to run some things for me. I'd like it to run jellyfin & tailscale, but also be able to stream steam games off my windows gaming computer. I'd also hope to be able to use it to run a jellyfin client as it would be plugged into my LG TV (which can't run jellyfin).

Is there one distro that can do all these? My mate is using unraid and I recommends it but he is only running jellyfin. Thanks!

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Your mate is running a Jellyfin client on Unraid? Or the server? Unraid is a NAS that can run VMs and containers. It is not a desktop system.

If you were only running server stuff on that machine, I would recommend Proxmox.

As others have said though, basically any Linux distro can do what you are looking for.

If you are going to run it as a desktop, pick a distro that has a desktop environment (GUI) that you like and go from there.

Fun fact: Unraid is really just Slackware Linux running the Unraid application on top