u/greenzaytun

Hi all. I'm building a server out of an ancient (2011) MacMini. It's my first time attempting this. I plan to run things like, jellyfin, pihole, nextcloud, and a vpn. Which of these would you guys recommend. For context I'm maxing out the MacMini with 16GB of RAM and Dual Drives (SSD+HDD backup) 2.5 TB total. I'll also probably be utilizing a DAS enclosure for movies. I currently run fedora on my workstation. Also considering MXLinux because of the Age Verification/ SystemD stuff. I'm an entry level IT tech so I guess my question is is it better to learn the old-school basics first through Debian based distros or are RPM, Podman etc more applicable now a days?

Update: I've ruled out MXLinux for headless stuff.