Some advice and past observtions.
As you install Ubuntu
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Use 20.04 or 22.04 as your installation. 24.04 is too new (no updates yet). It’s got bugs . The newer Linux kernel (6.8) breaks transcoding.
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If the target installation device is big enough,
– Allocate a 128GB partition for /
– Allocate the remainder for /home (I use 1 GB for /boot (efi), 128 GB /, rest for /home. (I don’t use BTRFS or LVM. I use “standard partition” and EXT4)
– This helps you because we can put all your server metadata on /home to preserve it should you need to (re)install the OS again
Take your time with figuring out the Ubuntu installer.
If you do as I suggest, you’ll want the “Something Else” option.
It’ll be obvious when you get there.
Take the time to get the base install right – FIRST.
FYI…
