Server Help, Neoforge 1.21.1.

So basically the way you do Linux properly for servers is headlessly. No GUI to take extra compute, and you get into the server through SSH.

The idea is you open a terminal and remote into the terminal of the server so you can directly control it that way.

If you're uncomfortable with learning terminal commands then you could install something like Ubuntu Desktop use some kind of remote desktop software to control it ala Teamviewer or Parsec.

But for compute servers Linux is unquestionably the best OS there is. What distro you go with depends on usage, but for a beginner anything in the debian branch, particularly Ubuntu Server, is quite friendly.

Oh also for RAM requirements at 300 mods? It depends, I've found that 6 gigs is about where I want to start but I often allocate as much as 12 gigs, it entirely depends on if you're pregenerating and what mods you use.

Thanks for the detailed answer. I know some commands as Linux is my daily driver but maybe might need to remote into it.

Is it all done through commands then? Installing the server, editing configs, etc?

I was going to pregenerate all chunks yeah. I guess if I did it headlessly I could put the entire 8gb into the server, no?

Yep, everything tends to be commands or remote management tools. If you're doing Minecraft correctly then use Docker and keep your configs in Git, then just git pull when you want to do stuff.

Version control is your friend.

As for ease of editing files? VSCode remote access, neovim, emacs, whichever your fav editor is will have something to let you easily edit files on your remote server.

Well the server still needs some RAM, so think closer to 6 gigs available if you go with Ubuntu Server headless.

Thanks so much. And what about the CPU and GPU? Is mine enough for the server PC?

Oh and also 1 other thing, is sodium etc what people use for servers just like the client or?

Servers don't need GPUs unless you're doing a GPU accelerated workload like AI compute or render farms, but which i5 are we talking about?

Check on Modrinth and sort by client or server, it has plenty of details.

Just didn't know if there was a super good mod specifically for servers or something.

I don't remember actually, I'll check quick.

I mean you have your stuff like Lithium and Ferrite that'll generally speed up servers, but I'm not all that familiar with Neoforge, I'm usually doing Fabric work.

I actually had to remove Lithium cause it completely bricked my game.

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12 x Intel core i5-10400f CPU 2.90GHz.

As a general rule I wouldn't be trying to do anything particularly extravagant with that.

It'll do so long as you pregen and don't do anything super wacky with Create or any other extremely heavy mods.