On Apr 20, 2026 04:04am, LOGIC44 wrote to LUMNI:

Before my mobo or GPU died (idk which) on my HP 6300MT sleeper,

I ran

Linux on it, for GAMING, all the way back in like 2019... (I

plan on

repairing it soon so I can maybe have another personal rig or

another

server.) **************************************** Logic44, Sysop

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Indiana Boards

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Robert Wolfe wrote to LOGIC44 <=-

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On Apr 20, 2026 04:04am, LOGIC44 wrote to LUMNI:

Before my mobo or GPU died (idk which) on my HP 6300MT sleeper,

I ran

Linux on it, for GAMING, all the way back in like 2019... (I

plan on

repairing it soon so I can maybe have another personal rig or

another

server.) **************************************** Logic44, Sysop

of LNRC

Indiana Boards

I ride SOLO.

Weather in Indiana: SUCKS
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What Distro are you running?

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I was running Kubuntu on the sleeper, I run Debian for the server

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On Apr 21, 2026 10:26pm, LOGIC44 wrote to Robert Wolfe:

I was running Kubuntu on the sleeper, I run Debian for the

server

Yeah, Debian was the first Linux distro I used Professionally in my
career.

Then I got a job where RHEL is king :)Now on my own Linux
environment, I use Rocky Linux, which is a downstream free distro of
RHEL thst is headed up by the same guy that did CentOS.

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By: Robert Wolfe to LOGIC44 on Wed Apr 22 2026 09:57:00

Yeah, Debian was the first Linux distro I used Professionally in my
career.

Then I got a job where RHEL is king :)Now on my own Linux
environment, I use Rocky Linux, which is a downstream free distro of
RHEL thst is headed up by the same guy that did CentOS.

I've heard that Debian and CentOS are best for Synchronet servers, is that true?

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By: Logic44 to Robert Wolfe on Wed Apr 22 2026 08:12 pm

I've heard that Debian and CentOS are best for Synchronet servers, is that true?

Debian (or Ubuntu), yeah. CentOS - not so much (and it's discontinued).
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By: Digital Man to Logic44 on Wed Apr 22 2026 18:31:30

Debian (or Ubuntu), yeah. CentOS - not so much (and it's discontinued).

So I'd want something like Manjaro or Arch as an alternative?

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Hey Logic44!

On Wed, Apr 22 2026 23:23:39 -0500, you wrote:

So I'd want something like Manjaro or Arch as an alternative?

Pick what you want to use and use it. There isn't really a "best" distro (except maybe since the wiki being more catered towards debian/ubuntu, since that's what DM uses), or any alternatives needed.

I've used Arch with Synchronet for over a decade, and it works just fine. So I would imagine it would work on Arch based distros like Manjaro and EndeavourOS, also. People run it on Rocky Linux (continuation of CentOS?), and a bunch of others.

Your best bet would probably be to run whatever you want to run, and then see if you have any issues with Synchronet; which can be brought up and addressed if the need was there. ;)

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I've heard that Debian and CentOS are best for Synchronet servers, is that

t

IMHO, yes.

CENTOS or any Red Hat Derivative like Rocky Linux.

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Accession wrote to Logic44 <=-

Your best bet would probably be to run whatever you want to run, and
then see if you have any issues with Synchronet; which can be brought
up and addressed if the need was there. ;)

Debian has been my solution to procrastination via eye candy -- instead
of spending time with a downstream distro getting it to look just so, I
just load up Debian and be done with it.



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Denn wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-

I was a distro hopper for a short while, I then just decided I liked Ubuntu with LXDE desktop, been with Ubuntu since Ubuntu 11.04.

I started out with Linux on single-core IBM Thinkpads, and gravitated
towards Lubuntu - Ubuntu base with LXDE and lightweight apps. I got so
used to it I used it long after I'd moved to more heavyweight systems.

I suppose I like an old-school window manager feel. I know they've
moved to LXQT, I think it's called? I might give it a try on an old
Chromebook I have laying around.



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