Hi Magnox, apologies for slow response. I've been pretty under the pump lately and although I haven't responded sooner, I actually enabled your account last week.

Thanks for signing up and please feel free to open a new thread in the forums if you have any issues, questions or feedback.

I hear you Greg! That was a bit how my Linux journey started. IIRC my first attempt was about 18 years ago, but it didn't go very well. I had a few other attempts but each time it worked for a while, but there was things that didn't work as they should and at least once I had a serious crash and it stopped working. It's getting pretty good now though I reckon and it has been my daily driver OS for about 10 years now and (mostly) it just keeps getting better IMO. I don't even have a local Windows machine these days. I do have a VM that I use for testing, but that's it.

Anyway, apologies on my slow response. I actually enabled your account earlier in the week, but only just replying now.

Good luck with it all and please don't hesitate to open a new thread if you have any questions, problems or feedback.

Thanks for signing up Mark and apologies that this response has been a bit slow. I actually enabled your account earlier in the week, but have been tied up with other bits and pieces and have only carved out a bit of time to follow up here.

Thanks for your kind words. And glad to hear that things seem to be going ok for you, but please do not hesitate to open a new thread in the forums if you have any questions, problems or feedback for us.

Good luck with it all.

Thanks for your kind words and apologies on my delayed response (I actually approved your account earlier in the week, but only just circling back to respond properly now).

Good luck with it all and please don't hesitate to open a new thread in the forums if you have any questions, issues or feedback for us.

Hi Dmitry - welcome to TurnKey. Your account is enabled so please feel free to open a new thread in the forums if you have any problems, questions and/or feedback for us.

Hi Jules, welcome back to TurnKey! :) Hopefully you can see some improvements since you last used it?

Please don't hesitate to open a new thread in the forums if you have any problems, questions and/or feedback for us.

Hi Thomas, your account is enabled. Please feel free to open a new thread if you have any problems, questions or feedback.

Welcome to TurnKey! :) I've enabled your account, so please feel free to start a new thread in the forums if you have any issues, questions or feedback.

Welcome to TurnKey.

The easy way to use TKLBAM is to sign up for a Hub account (the website and Hub user databases are separate). If you have any concerns or questions regarding the Hub, please do not hesitate to reach out. I try to respond to forum posts as regularly as possible, but you'll get a faster response to Hub related questions if you use the Hub's "in app" support feature (blue icon in the bottom right corner of every Hub page) or email support AT turnkeylinux.org.

Good luck with it all, and please don't hesitate to let us know how it goes.

Hi Scott, welcome to TurnKey.

I have reposted your question (as you - so you can edit it if you wish) over in our support forum. I've replied over there too.

Hopefully that's of some assistance. Please let me know how you go.

Hi John, welcome to TurnKey.

Please feel free to start a new thread in our forums if you have any problems, questions and/or feedback for us.

If you wish to integrate your server with the TurnKey Hub, you'll need to sign up for a separate Hub user account (the website and Hub user databases are separate).

If you have any Hub specific questions, please use the Hub's "in app" support (blue icon towards the bottom right of each Hub page) or email support AT turnkeylinux.org. Obviously you can ask Hub questions here on the forums too and I try to respond to all forum posts regularly, but Hub support will almost always get a quicker response (expected response time is within one work day, often much quicker).

Good luck with it all and please feel free to ask about anything you are unsure of.

Hi ZachE. Apologies that it's taken me a couple of days to approve your account. I was busy over the weekend :)

Please do not hesitate to open a new thread in the forums if you have any problems or questions.

Hi John, welcome to TurnKey.

Your user account has been enabled and I've moved (most of) your post to the forums. I'll answer properly over there, but on face value it looks like there is something wrong with your networking!?

Thanks too for your suggestion. You are right, we don't have a PiHole appliance, but you're also right it would make a great one!

Please feel free to open a new thread in the forums if you have any questions, problems or more feedback.

Hi Carlos, welcome to TurnKey. Thanks for signing up and I'm glad to e-meet you! :)

We have many users running TurnKey in production, but TBH I have never heard of "HPS" before, so you've raised my curiosity. I had a bit of a google and couldn't find anything conclusive (there seem to be a few different clustering technologies and companies using the "HPS" acronym). Regardless, I'd be interested to hear more about what you're up to.

Whilst it seems likely that I haven't come across the specific tech you're working with (unless under a different name?) I'd be more than happy to assist and I'm confident that with your specific knowledge and my general knowledge, we could get something working to your requirements.

Please feel free to start a new thread in our forums if you'd like to discuss in detail further. If you're considering becoming a paying customer, then I'd also be happy to discuss further via email if you'd prefer (support AT turnkeylinux.org).

Hi Dirk, happy to have you onboard.

Please don't hesitate to start a new thread in the forums if you have any questions, problems or feedback for us.

Look forward to it. :)

I've moved your post to a new thread in the support forums and answered it there.

Hopefully that either gives us some progress, or at least a/some clear error message/s.

Hi Jeff, I'm happy to have you here, but I couldn't find an account which uses the same email you used to post this? I'm not sure what happened to your registration a week ago, but I can't see it anywhere?! I can manually create an account for you, and I'm assuming that what you want, but I need to be 100% sure...

So either register for an account (again - sorry) or reply to this post with an explicit request to create one for you (and I'll use that same email address you used to post).

While I have you though, re Nextcloud/ownCloud, I recommend using Nextcloud, not ownCloud. I'm sure ownCloud is serviceable, but Nextcloud is developed by the original core ownCloud devs (the ownCloud company made some choices that upset them, so they did a mutiny and forked ownCloud and Nextcloud was born). Nextcloud is much more featureful, with vastly more plugins/addons and there is a lot more development going on there. So most users generally prefer it.

Hopefully hear back from you soon.

Hi Natashia, welcome to TurnKey :)

I've enabled your account, so if you have any TurnKey questions, problems or feedback for us, please feel free to post in our forums.

In case you aren't aware, TKLBAM is our built-in remote encrypted backup tool (please also see the TKLBAM docs). If you're interested in giving it a go, the best way is to create account on our SaaS platform, called the TurnKey Hub (the website and Hub user DBs are separate).

Please note that it requires an AWS account (because your encrypted backups are stored remotely within AWS S3 storage). If you have any issues and/or Hub specific questions, please reach out via the Hub's "in app" support (blue icon towards the bottom right once you create your account). Expected response time is within one work day, but I try to respond as soon as I see messages.

Welcome to TurnKey! :)

I have enabled your website account. Although if you'd like to use HubDNS (our dynamic DNS service) you'll need to sign up to the TurnKey Hub (our SaaS platform). The user DBs for the website and the Hub are separate.

Good luck with it all and perhaps see you around the forums! :)

Your account has been enabled. Apologies on the delay (I've been flat our trying to update appliances). Please feel free to post in the forums.

To link to TKLBAM to the Hub, you'll need to sign up over there separately (the website and the Hub have separate user DBs).

The wait is over... :) You're in Mike.

Please feel free to post a new forum thread if you have any questions or issues.

Welcome aboard. Please feel free to start a new thread in the forums if you have any questions, issues or feedback for us. Hope to see you about on the forums. :)

Hi there and welcome to TurnKey.

I've moved/reposted your post to a new thread in the forums. I'll reply there ASAP. See you over there soon.

Welcome to TurnKey.

Please feel free to open a new thread in our forums if you have any questions, concerns or feedback for us. Thanks too for your kind words. :)

Welcome to TurnKey. I've enabled your account, so you should be able to log in and post now (without waiting for me to approve it).

Sorry to hear of your issues and it certainly sounds like you've addressed all the things that might usually cause this sort of issue.

It's been years since I've used VirtualBox and I have zero experience with Mac, but I do know that if your Mac uses wireless to connect, that under the hood, VirtualBox needs to do some funky stuff to get it to work (whilst VirtualBox has a "bridged" option, wireless hardware doesn't actually support proper bridging - like a normal NIC does - so in that scenario VirtualBox implements pseudo bridging).

TBH, the technical details are a bit over my head, but I do know that in the scenario you've got set up (if using wifi from your Mac to your router), some routers will just silently drop packets from a VM "bridged" via wifi. If you aren't using wifi then clearly that's not the issue. If you are and have the option of using a wire to connect your Mac to your router, give that a go and see if that changes anything.

Still, if I understand correctly, it's getting a DHCP lease from whatever manages your DHCP (is that what 1.1.1.1 is? Probably your router?) which certainly makes it seem pretty weird that it can't connect?! If you haven't already, I recommend double checking that it can ping your gateway (probably your router).

I also recall years ago that I had issues with "bridged" mode in VirtualBox for no apparent reason. Out of desperation, I just swapped it to NAT and set up rules to allow access to the specific ports that I wanted access to. It's not ideal, but might be worth a try? Actually as you say incoming traffic is working ok, just not outgoing traffic, perhaps it's worth just adding an additional virtual NIC (in VIrtualBox - you'll probably want to do that with it stopped), set the new vNIC to NAT and see if your VM can get outgoing internet via that?

Let me know how you go with that and if you continue to have issues, I'll have a bit more of a think and give you some more things to try.

Hi Walt, welcome to TurnKey.

I actually enabled your account the other day, but got interrupted and am only just circling back now. Apologies for my slow follow up.

Nice work on the human touch! Yes I do like trekking, although don't do enough these days...

Please feel free to open a new thread in our forums if you have any questions, problems or feedback for us. Take care and hopefully see you about on the forums.

Hi there, I have enabled your account.

To be completely honest with you, I do have some concerns that you may be a SEO farmer. Please prove my concerns wrong.

Please feel free to post in our forums if you have any questions, concerns or problems.

Thanks for your kind words. Your account has been approved! :)

Hi Brian, apologies about slow response...

Also I couldn't find the email that you used in your post here. But a bit of searching I discovered a similar password email (with a different mail service) so hopefully I got that right?

Hi Mike, finally got to circle back to these... Apologies on the delays.

Personally I'm a big fan of Proxmox. They're lovely guys and provide a quality product IMO. As you note, they provide a few of their own, plus provide ours as well.

Anyway, I've enabled your account.

Account approved.

If you need a hand with anything, please post in our forums.

Hi Ed, your account has been approved.

Hi there. Which TurnKey appliance version are you using? The latest (v18.0) ships with PHP v8.2 so should be plenty new enough!?

Or do I misunderstand and you need an older version of PHP?

Also re not supporting cache, can you please describe the issue in more detail? There are a multitude of different ways to cache stuff in WordPress, so I'm not sure what cache you are wanting or trying to enable?

Sorry to be so slow, but your account is enabled.

I have approved your account, but if you want the TurnKey Hub, you'll need to sign up over there: https://hub.turnkeylinux.org/

If you don't want the Hub though, you can just skip the Hub API key step on first boot.

Hi John, you should be able to sing into your TurnKey server without needing this account set up!? Or do you mean the Hub API key? If so, you'll need to sign up over there: https://hub.turnkeylinux.org/. Alternatively, you can skip that Hub API key step on firstboot.

If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to post in the forums.

Hi Michael. Apologies on any confusion. I have now approved your account.

Please ope a new thread in the forums if you need a hand or have questions.

Good luck with it all.

Your website user account is now enabled. If you have any problems or questions please feel free to post in our forums.

I see your additional question below too. I'll answer that in a sec.

Do you mean a website password? If so, then I suggest just setting new one: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/user/password.

If you mean something/somewhere else, please give some more info.

I assume that you uncommented the Port line too? (I.e. removed the '#' from the start of the line)?

If not then my guess is that's the problem.

If you did, then where is this server running? Perhaps there is some other firewall/security group/etc that is blocking traffic and also needs to be opened?

Your account is approved. If you have any questions/problems/etc them please open a new thread on the forums.

Hi Michael, I have enabled your account. Please do not hesitate to post in our forums if you have any questions, concerns or feedback.

Hi MasterLog. Welcome to TurnKey.

I've enabled your account, so please feel free to post on our forums if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions.

Hi Jeff. Welcome to TurnKey.

Your account here will allow you to post in our forums. So please feel free to post there if you have any questions or problems regarding TurnKey.

We also have a SaaS product/service called the TurnKey Hub. That offers 2 services; our built in remote, encrypted, backup service (TKLBAM) and TurnKey cloud servers (hosted on AWS EC2). While they compliment each other, they can be used separately. E.g. if you are running local server/s and want to use the backup service with it/them.

If you want to use TKLBAM then you'll need to sign up to the Hub and get a Hub API key

To use TKLBAM (out built in backup and migration tool), check out the page in that link - i.e.: "https://www.turnkeylinux.org/tklbam". Actually to short circuit that, you can sign up to the Hub. Although I'd still recommend checking out the TKLBAM doc page (first link above).

Before you start though, please be aware that under the hood, TurnKey is Debian, so another option is doing a Debian style "in place upgrade". Be sure to have a local backup first. Even if you use TKLBAM, I recommend taking a local Proxmox "snapshot" as well (that will be quicker to restore if something goes wrong.

We're still working through the latest (v18.0 - Debian 12/Bookworm based) upgrades and haven't released the updated Fileserver appliance yet. But if you go the Debian style upgrade route, then you could (probably) go all the way to a 12/Bookworm base.

A third - but almost certainly a bit more painful route is to manually transfer the data yourself to the newer v17.x release. For the fileserver, you'll need to transfer the files (from your fileserver - ensuring that the permissions remain the same), the Linux users, the Samba users (that map to the Linux users) and the Samba config file (although perhaps that's where the Samba users are stored? I forget now sorry).

Either way, we offer free "best effort" support via our forums. Please feel free to open a new thread in our forums if you hit any issues, have any questions and/or want any further assistance.

If you do sign up the Hub, please hit me up via the "in app" support (little blue icon in the bottom right). I will almost certainly respond quicker there (within one work day) if you have Hub specific questions and will provide free "getting started" type support. If you need more detailed support, that is available there too, but we charge for that.

Good luck! :)

Thanks for your kind words.

I have enabled your website user account. Please feel free to post in our forums if you have any questions, issues and/or feedback for us.

Good luck with it all.

Hi there and welcome to TurnKey.

I have approved your website account. Please feel free to post in our forums if you have any further concerns or questions. We provide "best effort" free support here on the forums.

The TurnKey Hub is our SaaS platform where you can launch Cloud Servers and/or manage encrypted, remote backups. The Hub sign up is separate to the website.

Backups will work anywhere so long as your local Hub instance has outgoing internet access, so if you have no interest in cloud servers, you can still use the backups feature. The Hub API key links our built in open source backup tool; TKLBAM (TurnKey Backup And Migration) to your server/s. The Hub also provides "basic" support for paying customers and/or you can access paid support there too - or via support AT turnkeylinx.org.

Please note that the Hub is a non-compulsory, "value add" service - that funds our activities and helps us keep the lights on. There is no obligation to use the Hub and Webmin and your server will not be limited or crippled in any way. You can use the left hand menu to access Webmin features/tools or the "Dashboard" via the tab at the top.

If you do choose to get an API key (and have skipped the Hub API key step at firstboot), then either enter it on the Webmin TKLBAM page or run tklbam-init.

Hi there, thanks for trying out TurnKey

As per my post above if you want an API key, you'll need to sign up to the TurnKey Hub to get an API key.

Good luck with it all, and if you do sign up to the Hub and need any assistance, please feel free to reach out via the Hub support (blue icon in the bottom right of the page) or email support @ turnkeylinux.org.

Hi there, welcome to TurnKey. Your TurnKey website account allows you to post in our forums. So please feel free to post if you need any help and/or have any feedback for us - including suggestions.

If you want an API key please see my post above.

I hope that makes sense and helps you understand. Please post back if not.

Hi Andrew, welcome to TurnKey.

Apologies that I missed your previous attempt to sign up. FWIW there only appears to be one account linked to your email address so I'm not sure what happened there? Anyway, I've approved your website account, so please feel free to open a new thread if you need a hand and/or have any feedback or suggestions for us.

Also, from what I can see from a glance, your second post here (which isn't published) is the same as this one. Sorry if it isn't as I deleted it (probably should have checked properly first!).

TBH, I'm not a TurnKey Domain Controller user, although I have been responsible for updating it of few years now (and test it against a local Win10/11 VM). The current appliance is getting a bit dated now, but I hope to update it soon. The current appliance is based on Debian 11/Bullseye and includes Samba v4.17.3 - installed from bullseye-backports. However it can be upgraded to Samba v4.17.12 like this:

apt update && apt install samba

Or upgrade to all packages via an upgrade:

apt update && apt upgrade

The upcoming release (v18.0 - no ETA currently) will be based on the newer Debian 12/Bookworm and unless there is a strict requirement to include a newer version, will include the same above noted version (v4.17.12). A newer Samba version is available from bookworm-backports (currently Samba v4.19.5). If we include the older one but you want/need the newer, then I'd be more than happy to assist you to update it.

Regarding configuring Samba, our default config should be quite usable for relatively simple AD requirements. For more complicated config, then I suggest browsing the Samba docs.

If you want/need more detailed support as I noted above, I'm no expert, but if yuo open a new thread, I'm happy to provide "best effort" assistance.

FWIW, considering your username, I'm a little skeptical that you are legitimate user and not a spammer/SEO farmer.

However, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and enable your account.

Please don't prove me wrong.>

Hi there. Welcome to TurnKey. Your account here has been enabled

You can not post in our forums. So please feel free to post there if you have any questions, problems and/or feedback regarding TurnKey.

Re getting a Hub key: You'll need to sign up for our SaaS product/service called the TurnKey Hub. That offers 2 services; our built in remote, encrypted, backup service (TKLBAM) and TurnKey cloud servers (hosted on AWS EC2). While they compliment each other, they can be used separately. E.g. seeing as you are self hosting probably only the backup service will be relevant. Assuming you don't want to test out Hub servers, then you may as well cancel that ASAP (sign up gives you a free 14 day trial).

Good luck with it all! :)

Hi there. Welcome to TurnKey. And I hope you have a nice day too! :)

Your account has now been enabled.

Please excuse my laziness, but please see the response I just posted above. Hopefully that info is relevant. If not, please free free to respond and/or start a new thread.

Welcome to TurnKey and thanks for your patience :)

I have now enabled your account..

I'm a bit lazy today, so for more info, please see my response I just posted above. Hopefully that info is relevant. If not, please free free to respond and/or start a new thread.

Welcome to TurnKey Jake :)

I have now enabled your account.

I'm being a bit lazy today, so please excuse me again copy/pasting with a link to to a response I just posted above. Hopefully that info is relevant. If not, please free free to respond and/or start a new thread.

Hi Max, Welcome to TurnKey and thanks for your report/questions.

Firstly I have enabled your website user account. So please feel free to post in our forums.

Speaking of which, I have cross posted your report re possible spamming/malware coming from a TurnKey instance - as a forum thread. TBH I'm not a 100% sure, but I'll reply properly over there ASAP.

Finally (for now) if you are interested in having a look at the TurnKey Hub and/or getting an API key, please see a post I just wrote above. If that's not relevant, please free free to just respond and/or start a new thread if you have more questions/issues.

Hi Sophie, welcome to TurnKey. I have now enabled your account.

Apologies for my laziness copy/pasting a link to to a response I just posted above. That info should hopefully be relevant. If not, please free free to respond and/or start a new thread.

Hi Hans, welcome to TurnKey. Thanks for your intro and apologies that I've been a bit slow. I have been working on some updates.

Regardless I have now enabled your website account.

Apologies but I've been being a bit lazy lately and rather than a really personalized extended response, I'm just copy/pasting a link to to a more detailed response posted above. That info should be at least relevant in part. If not and you have further specific questions regarding that, please free free to respond here or start a new thread in our forums.

Also, if you have any other TurnKey Linux specific questions, issues or feedback, I'd love to hear it/them, so please feel free to start a new thread in our forums detailing that.

Hi Dirk. Welcome to TurnKey. Thanks for signing up. Your account here has been enabled.

You can now post in our forums. So please feel free to post there if you have any questions, problems and/or feedback regarding TurnKey.

[update] Oops sorry, there was a typo in my previous response I said "you can not post in the forums", that should have been "you can now post in the forums"!

Hi James. Welcome to TurnKey. Thanks for signing up. Your account here has been enabled.

You can now post in our forums. So please feel free to post there if you have any questions, problems and/or feedback regarding TurnKey.

Welcome to TurnKey.

I've enabled your website account, so please do not hesitate to start a new thread in our forums if you have any questions, issues and/or feedback for us.

Hopefully see you about in the forums sometime. in the meantime, good luck with it all! :)

Your account has been approved. Please feel free to post in our forums if you have any questions, issues and/or feedback for us.

Hi there. I've approved your account, so please feel free to post in our forums with any questions, issues and/or feedback you have for us. :)

Hi Dennis. I've approved your website account. Please feel free to open a new thread in our forums if you have any questions, concerns and/or feedback for us.

Hi Jonathan, Welcome to TurnKey.

Thank for your intro post.

I've enabled your TurnKey website account, so please feel free to start a new thread in our forums if you have any further concerns, questions or feedback.

I notice I didn't find a turnkey mastodon server

It's been requested a number of times and we're certainly not opposed to it, but we're a small team and have a lot going on. If you're keen to have a go at creating one, then we provide our build tool chain and I'd be happy to give you a bit of coaching.

turnkeylinux flow seems optimized to launch on AWS

Yes and no - let me explain. We do have an optimized build for AWS and a remote encrypted backup tool/service. We encourage it's use for both Cloud (AWS servers and backups), as well as local servers (backup and data migration only). We encourage the tools that leverage AWS as a matter of survival and sustainability. It's the only revenue source we have and it helps keep the lights on and pay our few committed open source contractors. They do the lions share of maintenance and development work - at well below market rates. We have always had intentions of supporting other cloud providers, but we have limited resources and a million and one things to do. So it's always a matter of deciding on priorities. Everything we say yes to is saying no to everything else, at least for now.

Beyond the AWS builds, we also provide both ISOs and LXC/Proxmox builds. These are both free (as in beer and freedom). They are intended to be downloaded and used locally and whilst we do encourage the use of our services, there is no obligation. We have previously done VM specific builds but the maintenance overhead was a bit too much for us to sustain and the ISOs install fine to most VMs (e.g. VMware, VirtualBox, KVM, etc).

what im using for this for the moment isn't turnkey , rather fedora workstation 39 with the xfde spin ... but I'd be open to other suggestions.

FWIW TurnKey is based on Debian. While it's a little different to Red Hat based distros, the stability is better than Fedora for servers. To be clear, I mean stable in the sense that "things change less and releases are further apart and supported for longer". I don't mean stability in the sense of "fewer bugs and/or functional end user stability". I can't comment on Fedora explicitly as I've never used it, although when I first started playing with Linux, I used a RHEL based distro, then Ubuntu and finally Debian (because it's less buggy than Ubuntu in my experience).

Debian "stable" releases are about 2 years apart as a general rule and are supported with security updates for 5 years from release. We track Debian stable, but due to resources are often a bit slow updating all our appliances. We're hoping to improve that in future, but that remains to be seen.

Many prefer a more "up to date" distro (such as Fedora), especially for desktop use, but personally I use vanilla Debian on my desktop/laptops too, and TurnKey on my servers. IMO more stable is better for getting work done when nothing changes and things almost never break. Rarely ever needing to worrying about updates is preferable IMO. But your use case may be different.

I'd be willing to write up some of my experiences as guides to new users if there's room for this, I think there is as I went looking for a guide to getting started with turnkey wordpress, and didn't find one so I'm still "setting up" my wordpress installation.

That would be warmly welcomed! So as noted at the top, please do not hesitate to post in our forums. And/or our docs section can also be updated/added to by registered users - such as yourself now! :)

i'll probably change my email once I finish my proton.me setup

It looks like you ended up using proton?!

Sorry for the essay but I wanted to take the time to answer/respond to your intro post properly. Good luck and hopefully see you about on the forums

Hi Hakchim, welcome to TurnKey.

I've now approved your account, so please feel free to post in our forums if you have any issues, questions &/or feedback for us.

Hi there and welcome to TurnKey. Thanks too for your kind words.

Please do not hesitate to post in our forums if you have any issues, questions &/or feedback for us.

Hi Alex. I'm glad to hear that TurnKey has been useful for you.

I've enabled your TurnKey website account, so you can start a new thread if you have questions, issues and/or feedback for us.

To access TKLBAM you'll need to sign up (separately) for a Hub account. If you have any Hub specific issues while on the free trial and if you become a paying customer, please feel free to use the built-in support functionality and/or email via support AT turnkeylinux.org. Expected response time is within one work day. If you use it via the free plans, then post in the forums for "best effort" support; response time usually a few days to a week - sometimes quicker.

I prefer for Server-Installations Debian and of course TKL. On my Notebook i use Manjaro-Linux.

IIRC Manjaro is Arch based right? My son uses Arch on his desktop and one of our developers uses Gentoo! I've used a rolling distro before but found myself spending way to much time doing updates, so personally I find Debian stable less hassle. So I use Debian for both servers and Desktop.

Look forward to seeing you around.

Hi Eddy, welcome to TurnKey

I've enabled your account, so please feel free to post on our forums if you have any questions, concerns or feedback for us. Although please note that signing up isn't compulsory, you should be able to run your local server without it!

Hi Carlos, welcome to TurnKey.

I've enabled your website account, so please feel free to post on our forums if you have any questions, concerns or feedback for us. We provide "best effort" support via our forums and I will aim to respond ASAP, although that may be a few days.

If you'd like to sign up to our SaaS platform called the TurnKey Hub, that is a separate process (the user databases are separate). On signup, you get a free 14 day trial of our 2 most popular plans and if you have any Hub specific concerns and questions, please reach out via the built in support (blue icon at the bottom of each page). The expected Hub support response timeframe is within one work day. Although please be aware that sign up over there isn't neccessary to run a local server.

Good luck! :)