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Dietpi as a hosting OS (lemmy.perthchat.org)
submitted 3 years ago by palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I am looking for some thoughts on using dietpi as a hosting OS.

I am going to use proxmox as a hypervisor (simplify upgrades, IaC, backups etc) on a x86-64 arch. But am looking for the best OS to host on.

I almost exclusively use docker to host the services.

I stumbled across someone suggesting dietpi, and thought what a good idea, a really lightweight OS.

what's peoples experiences using dietpi as a hosting os, outside of SBCs?

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[–] alien@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I am using Dietpi as a VirtualBox image since it is easy for me to configure. I only have a Windows 10 pro machine and I also use it as homemedia server. The wifey does not like Linux, so I cannot run Linux on it. At the same time, my PC spec is not that great, or you can say a potato PC.

It is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 8 GB RAM. Even though it is a potato with Windows running on it, I can manage to run two Dietpi virtual boxes, one running for Pihole and the second for Docker.

The Pihole ran for maybe around 3 years, and there was no problem. While for the docker, I keep changing it and rebuilding it since sometimes I messed up with the docker, so I just rebuilt it because DietPi is easy to deploy and fast. Even with that potato, in under 8 minutes, including setting the IP, local host, region, install docker, Portainer, NPM, etc. I can have a fresh install Dietpi with docker ready to use. That's why I never worry to make mistakes on my docker VM.

That is my experience with Dietpi and the reason why I am still using it, so in my opinion, you can try it. Who knows it will fit your need.