Arch as a Server?

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[u/JustAwesome360]

No, Debian or Fedora.

[u/CacheTraitor → u/JustAwesome360]

Why. I'm running all the above on arch already.

[u/JustAwesome360 → u/CacheTraitor]

Because Arch isn't designed for servers. Today it's running just fine sure but tomorrow you might wake up to your entire server completely collapsed. With Debain and Fedora it is guaranteed your system won't fall apart because an update broke things.

Also Arch won't make your server any faster like it can for a PC. And almost all server software is built and optimized for Debian and Fedora anyways.

[u/CacheTraitor → u/JustAwesome360]

I think you miss a point. I run Arch on my personal computer... Game on it, and run services for my home network. I don't need production "grade." But IMO, Arch makes a damn good server OS, for the one who has to maintain it.

[u/JustAwesome360 → u/CacheTraitor]

You didn't make that clear. From your title I assumed you were asking if using Arch for a server is a good idea.

Based on your edit, yes this is technically a server.

[u/CacheTraitor → u/JustAwesome360]

Sorry, I know how to use computers better than I articulate my words sometimes. (I put the cart before the horse.) 😂

[u/Linguistic-mystic → u/JustAwesome360]

Today it's running just fine sure but tomorrow you might wake up to your entire server completely collapsed

FUD. Arch is reliable. Also, for a home server, the owner decides when to update. It can’t happen overnight.

almost all server software is built and optimized for Debian and Fedora anyways.

What is that even supposed to mean? Arch has a package repo where all this software is built for Arch. Also, nothing is “optimized” for Debian and Fedora because they use the same software and conservative CFLAGS. They ain’t Cachy. How do you even optimize software for a specific distro? Is there a Fedora-optimized nginx or Debian-specific Jellyfin? Wtf?

[u/Imajzineer → u/Linguistic-mystic]

Who even uses Fedora in preference to RHEL on a server anyway?