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What Linux distro for a NUC 7? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by CincyTriGuy@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I have a NUC 7 that isn’t being used for anything so I’d like to put Linux and Docker on it. Can anyone recommend a Linux distro that will provide the best hardware support?

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[–] RagnarLunchbox@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Debian, always debian for server type things, BUT, it might be more versatile to put VMware ESXi on it. (or Proxmox)

https://github.com/itiligent/ESXi-Custom-ISO

This repo has working scripts to inject into the ESXi installer ISO with all the drivers you need to get your NUC running as a virutalization host. (Recently VMware was aquired and all the community driver sites were taken down, so other online build tools stopped working)

I run a homlab with a cluster of ESXi NUCS , its just sooooo useful especially when developing code for differnt platforms or just quickly learning things and tinkering about.