My household primarily runs Arch and Artix for our desktop OS and never have any issues with it, however we have had no end of issues with our home server* and it often ends up being related to systemd.
I am ideally looking for something that can just be left and updated less frequently that can also run docker containers, ideally using OpenRC but can also occasionally run a package on the host system. I’d prefer something GNU as well.
Please don’t reply with any “systemd works fine for me” or “what is your problem with systemd” like most that a search turns up.
Edit*: Probably should have mentioned that its been on CentOS, Ubuntu and then OpenSuse Leap
debian can be used with sysvinit, runit, or openrc. another good option is gentoo. yes im seriously recommending gentoo for a server. i have a few friends that use gentoo for their server os and they all say its great. its very stable as long as you stick to the amd64 branch instead of ~amd64. if you dont want to get into the kernel stuff you can easily use a -bin kernel.
I’ve been considering gentoo since I used it on a chromebook. I like the binary packages but I worry about stuff that isn’t because the hardware is getting pretty old. I mighy try it if I replace it though.
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debian can be used with sysvinit, runit, or openrc. another good option is gentoo. yes im seriously recommending gentoo for a server. i have a few friends that use gentoo for their server os and they all say its great. its very stable as long as you stick to the amd64 branch instead of ~amd64. if you dont want to get into the kernel stuff you can easily use a -bin kernel.
I’ve been considering gentoo since I used it on a chromebook. I like the binary packages but I worry about stuff that isn’t because the hardware is getting pretty old. I mighy try it if I replace it though.