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Custom home server built from spare parts

91 points · 54 comments · sotilrac

  1. yjftsjthsd-h · · focus · HN ↗
    > So the NAS runs Kubuntu 24.04 with ZFS,

    I broadly approve, but why Kubuntu? Isn't it headless?

    1. sotilrac · · focus · HN ↗
      When I first boot up the computer I didn't know what to expect, so I defaulted to my favorite distro and it stuck
    2. Lammy · · focus · HN ↗
      Some server-focused programs pull in UI toolkits anyway. Take qBittorrent for example: I only use its web UI, but it&#x27;s still a QT program, and on my OS of choice its package will try to pull in a bunch of display-related stuff by default unless one knows to use the “nox” package Flavor: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cgit.freebsd.org&#x2F;ports&#x2F;tree&#x2F;net-p2p&#x2F;qbittorrent&#x2F;Makefile?id=8d49a1640abdee2aefe661af292abc25cd360ab0#n39" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cgit.freebsd.org&#x2F;ports&#x2F;tree&#x2F;net-p2p&#x2F;qbittorrent&#x2F;Make...
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