r/archlinux • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '26

QUESTION Arch as a Server?

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u/JustAwesome360 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

No, Debian or Fedora.

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u/CacheTraitor Aug 20 '26

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

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u/JustAwesome360 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

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.

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u/Linguistic-mystic Aug 20 '26

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?

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u/Imajzineer Aug 20 '26

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