I’m looking for a specific distro to handle some tasks.

I got a second hand rig with Nvidia GTX 1050 that I want to use as a home server. I wanted to use HoloISO but it doesn’t support nvidia. If someone says “do it anyway, it’s fine” I’ll install it though.

The idea is to support a Jellyfin server and Steam Link gaming but steam is not big on Nvidia so it’s hard to narrow down “black screen” issues etc. I’m also planning to manage it via VNC and SSH.

I’m familiar with Ubuntu based systems since I develop software on Ubuntu based KDE distro but never had a graphics card.

So it boils down to:

  • Ease of setup including nvidia drivers
  • Ease of update via command line (I’m not going to download nvidia drivers from their website to update proprietary drivers)
  • Graphics performance
  • Prefer Ubuntu based

I’m up for Gnome, Xface, Cinnamon, KDE or whatever DE.

Edit: Changed title to better reflect requirements and not have misleading “headless” and “server” in it

  • Railcar8095
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    9 months ago

    You should, but every single one I’ve tried resulted in no boot (printer drivers, zoom application because flatpack doesn’t work well with SSO…) Also, it’s yet another way of installing applications to learn. And if anything goes wrong a few image updates later, good luck identifying what the reason was. Definitely wouldn’t recommend for beginners