Dietpi[0] is pretty good (debian-based) distro that works out of the box with minimal configuration. It was originally designed for a RPi's (I think), but it's expanded to tons of other devices. Here you can see a benchmark of each supported device and decide yourself what you want to go for[1]. 0: https://dietpi.com/#download 1: https://dietpi.com/survey/#benchmark. - Source: Hacker News / 7 days ago

The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_1/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

That's a good point, but the array of devices supported by the DietPi team is extensive: https://dietpi.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

I used dietpi [1] for similar reasons: a slim version of Debian, and with the defaults set to push all the logging into ram to minimize writes. Dietpi has opinionated defaults, for sure, but it's easy to choose something else (e.g. Dropbear is the default ssh server, but bumping to OpenSSH is a matter of changing a setting in the handy config tool). I've been running an RPi3 on an SD card as my secondary PiHole... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Before someone starts the usual yadda yadda about the RPi biger community, the OS not having long time support etc. I would repeat one more time: do not rely on board vendor supplied images; this is valid for pretty much all boards. Just go to Armbian or DietPi pages and you'll almost certainly find one or more images that work on your board and forums to discuss about them with very knowledgeable people.... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Yunohost is a bit old school, it doesn't use docker. If you're interested in docker + ansible you could also try https://homelabos.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

There's a few good options right now like Nextcloud, ownCloud, Umbrel (if you like crypto), or Yunohost for a self hosted package manager basically, or even HomeLabOS that is the closest to a full stack solution imo. Source: over 1 year ago

Depending on your experience maybe have a look at: https://homelabos.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

It's a collection of Ansible roles & playbooks that facilitates the install and configuration of over 100 different services. If you have basic familiarity with running an Ubuntu server and a desire to self-host your own services, check it out. Source: over 2 years ago

IMO the closest thing to what OP wants to build is HomeLabOS where it's a 'fully fledged platform' with most of the features you'd expect to build yourself from scratch. It's still nowhere near a Linux Distro you can just download that has an Install Wizard to guide you through creating everything that a self hosted network needs & should have though. Source: over 2 years ago