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Kualk ,

Arch is the best Debian alternative out there. They have archinstall now. It will speed up installation and will allow use of encrypted drive.

Since you want Docker, it works better on btrfs. Arch can do that on encrypted drive.

It is lightweight as far as you want to take it.

NixOS is a great light alternative, but i gave ip on it twice.

Manjaro if arch is too intimidating.

Contend6248 ,

Wait, what are the things Debian and Arch are alike?

cmnybo ,

Apart from both being lightweight, they are more like opposites.

Kualk , (edited )

Arch is good for home server, because you will not have to do major update ever again and because at home one usually doesn’t mind restarting after updating.

Debian is a good option for private virtual server on the cloud. Because Debian is frequently an option there, while Arch is not an option due to its rolling nature. Debian supposedly can update without restart, but I never trusted that.

MagneticFusion ,

cant ever go through a Linux recommendation without seeing Arch, even if it's a newbie trying tl switch from Windows

aleph ,
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OP is clearly not that if their use case involves a homelab and docker containers. Arch is a perfectly valid suggestion here.

Tywele ,
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Since you want Docker, it works better on btrfs.

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