user1326: What is the best/recommended Linux OS to run a stake pool?

user1790: On ARM hardware such as a Raspberry Pi 4B, I highly recommend this Alpine Linux setup written about by some members of the Armada Alliance of SPOs. It does a great job running Cardano static binaries while using very little power, CPU, and memory.
My pool (Adaberry Pi [00000]) runs both Alpine and Ubuntu nodes very reliably on these little single-board computers.

user1999: I am a Windows expert since 3.0 (1988), and Linux/Unix almost as long.  I am proficient in Windows 2019 and 10.  Although there is a Windows solution for running a Cardano stake pool, I would not recommend it for many reasons.  As far as Linux distros go, Ubuntu is an excellent one that I have worked with for almost 15 years, and I highly recommend it.  It is backed by a successful commercial enterprise, but it is free to the community.  As a Debian fork, it is relatively easy to use and well-supported.  And, if that isn't enough to convince you, the shell scripts and installation documentation & courses are all using it as an example.
One thing you should know, is that Ubuntu labels their OS versions by year and 6-month release cycle.  So for example, 18.04 was released in 2018 in April, while 18.10 was released in October.  The April releases are more proven/solid, the October releases more experimental.  Every other year is a Long-Term-Support release, or LTS, so 20.04 LTS has a longer-term support commitment from Canonical Software.
Also, for the Stake Pool I operate (PLL), I did some research and it is recommended to apply automatic OS updates, so we enabled that.
If you need more help, give us a shout on Telegram at https://t.me/tprevolution

user4023: Definitely Linux, thanks to its command-line and server capabilities.
NixOS 21 is a worthy candidate.

1326: <p>What is the best/recommended Linux OS to run a stake pool?</p>
 1790: <p>On ARM hardware such as a Raspberry Pi 4B, I highly recommend this <a href="https://armada-alliance.com/guides/run-a-cardano-node-on-alpine-linux-os" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alpine Linux</a> setup written about by some members of the Armada Alliance of SPOs. It does a great job running Cardano static binaries while using very little power, CPU, and memory.</p>
<p>My pool (Adaberry Pi [00000]) runs both Alpine and Ubuntu nodes very reliably on these little single-board computers.</p>
 1999: <p>I am a Windows expert since 3.0 (1988), and Linux/Unix almost as long.  I am proficient in Windows 2019 and 10.  Although there is a Windows solution for running a Cardano stake pool, I would not recommend it for many reasons.  As far as Linux distros go, Ubuntu is an excellent one that I have worked with for almost 15 years, and I highly recommend it.  It is backed by a successful commercial enterprise, but it is free to the community.  As a Debian fork, it is relatively easy to use and well-supported.  And, if that isn't enough to convince you, the shell scripts and installation documentation &amp; courses are all using it as an example.</p>
<p>One thing you should know, is that Ubuntu labels their OS versions by year and 6-month release cycle.  So for example, 18.04 was released in 2018 in April, while 18.10 was released in October.  The April releases are more proven/solid, the October releases more experimental.  Every other year is a Long-Term-Support release, or LTS, so 20.04 LTS has a longer-term support commitment from Canonical Software.</p>
<p>Also, for the Stake Pool I operate (PLL), I did some research and it is recommended to apply automatic OS updates, so we enabled that.</p>
<p>If you need more help, give us a shout on Telegram at <a href="https://t.me/tprevolution" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://t.me/tprevolution</a></p>
 4023: <p>Definitely <em><strong><a href="https://developers.cardano.org/docs/operate-a-stake-pool/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Linux</a></strong></em>, thanks to its <em>command-line</em> and <em>server</em> capabilities.</p>
<p><a href="https://nixos.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NixOS 21</a> is a worthy candidate.</p>
