Recommended Linux distro

[jenssen]

Hello,

I am planning to run Domoticz on a Linux system, instead of Windows. I do not want to install in on a Pi, because I want to run it virtual on a virtual platform. Is there a recommended Linux distro to use (I only read the wiki of Domoticz, which contains a manual for installling Domoticz within Linux, https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Linux).

Since Raspian is almost similar to Debian, I would suppose Debian?

Kind regards

[korniza]

Debian based distro (debian/ubuntu/mint) is a secure solution.

[deennoo]

+1 debian !

[jenssen]

Thanks for the feedback

[aleph0]

Domoticz is very flexible, I guess you can run it on any Linux distribution. I'm using mageia and it runs fine, very reliably. I did not experience a single domoticz crash ever.

The best distribution will then be the one you know the most !

[korniza]

Debian based distro (debian/ubuntu/mint) is a secure solution.

Not quite. The machine I run Domoticz on (an Excito B3) had a Debian based OS pre-installed on it. At some point reports started coming in on the user forum that these machines were being hacked. It turned out that script kiddies used a vulnerability in a CGI method that was of absolutely no use on that machine but got installed because it was part of a package that *was* required. No one realized it was there and even if they did and removed it any Debian update would have put it right back. The thing with Debian, as with every other binary distribution, is that the devs decide on what people might want and that's what they configure the packages for. And Debian has quite a big install base, meaning they've got a lot of wishes to fulfil.

I now use Gentoo Linux, which is a source based distro and this allows me to select what elements I want to be included on packages such as php, samba, apache and other bulky software that comes with a shitload of optional components and other choices such as which encryption engine to use.

No problem! I was mention debian as "secure solution", not secure from point of security. After all, we can not blame a distro for a security hole or blackhat "developers".
Debian based distros are user friendly (my favorite is opensuse) for people are getting for first time, their hands on linux.