Like many others on here, I've finally had enough of the constant splintering of content into more and more separate services, each offering less value.
Anyway, so I have a new 8gb Pi4b on the way and I want to set up a "download box".
Ideally something fairly automated using NZBs. Years ago I used to use Sickbeard + SABNZBD+ on a small windows box. But I wanted a small, simple, ultra low power fanless box, so I've gone for a Pi4.
I'm aware of the *arr apps, although I haven't used any of them yet. I'm thinking a bunch of the *arr apps + SABNZBD+ and just keep using the Plex instance running on my Netgear NAS as the front end (got the lifetime Plex Pass). So I just need the download apps running in my Pi4 for now.
Question is: what do I put onto my Pi4 as the best base on top of which to build all of this?
Unfortunately I'm a Linux newb, so I want something fairly simple which can run all the apps I need and mount my NAS for storage.
What setup do people think is best for the Pi4?
Any Linux distro should work for the setup you want. I have radarr, sonarr, sabnzbd, deluge and jellyfin running on an Arch setup, but something more accessible like Ubuntu or Debian should work fine (although I'm not familiar with whether the Pi4 can power those heavier distros). If you're comfortable with the command line, it doesn't matter much which distro you pick since you can install and configure all those apps over ssh.
OK, thanks.
Yeah I'd rather not be too reliant on my (limited) command line skills!
Hopefully the Pi4 with 8gb is comfortable enough with a slightly heavier distro.
Dietpi, which has already been recommended, has a web dashboard you can use to control a bunch of stuff so you don't have to have a gui