What's the BEST Home Server Operating System?

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ℹ️ About this video:

This video is a guide on choosing the best operating system for setting up a home server.

It explains why some people choose to own their data instead of using cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive.

It also goes over some popular operating system choices such as Linux, Ubuntu Server, TrueNAS CORE, Windows Server and OpenMediaVault.

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👉 In this video, we discuss:

00:00:00 - Why use NAS?
00:01:15 - Linux / Ubuntu
00:01:51 - TrueNAS / FreeNAS
00:02:27 - Windows Server
00:03:03 - OpenMediaVault
00:03:43 - How to choose?
00:04:19 - Join the developer community