I use Alpine Linux for my home server. I chose it cause it runs very well on my raspberry pi 4 NAS/media server. I can leave it running for a long time, and I won't have issues with it. Pretty easy to install applications and run docker containers. Its very lightweight and efficient. The only issues I have with it is that sometimes packages won't be available for me due to running an ARM CPU. Usage is slightly different than something like Ubuntu, slightly different commands and such. You'll also have to install all the applications You'll need. I only need SSH access to it, i don't have a GUI or desktop for it.