Hi! Hobbyist here, new to homelabs. I‘m looking to try various things and learn along the way.

I have this old 2012 Intel Mac Mini. I think it was highly spec’d for the time, like 16gb Ram and an i7, and I installed an old 500GB Samsung SSD in there. So it’s old, but not terrible.

Just wondering which OS you’d recommend. I’m comfortable in both MacOs and Linux, comfortable using CLI and such. Maybe there’s no right answer, but just wondering if there’s a strong case for either.