2023-11-21, 02:39 PM
Longtime Linux user (mostly Ubuntu) but never set up a headless server - while I'm comfortable with managing my laptops via SSH I kinda feel like I'd just as soon plug in a monitor and keyboard to set it up and then manage it remotely using a dummy HDMI plug and Remmina - is that possible/a good idea? Any caveats or suggestions?
On the other hand, if I need to be concerned about system overhead with the GUI (which would probably be straight Gnome as I've never been terribly fond of xfce) and/or it's super simple to manage Jellyfin only via CLl, I don't mind doing it that way. Guess I could also use Portainer via CLI tho for now I'm comfortable with the browser interface.
Also, since ISTR from the docs that installation via apt seems to be preferred for Debian, is that the way to go?(Can't really remember but I think I opted for Docker after native installation didn't go smoothly the first time so I opted for Docker but it's been a couple years.)
On the other hand, if I need to be concerned about system overhead with the GUI (which would probably be straight Gnome as I've never been terribly fond of xfce) and/or it's super simple to manage Jellyfin only via CLl, I don't mind doing it that way. Guess I could also use Portainer via CLI tho for now I'm comfortable with the browser interface.
Also, since ISTR from the docs that installation via apt seems to be preferred for Debian, is that the way to go?(Can't really remember but I think I opted for Docker after native installation didn't go smoothly the first time so I opted for Docker but it's been a couple years.)