I know it's becoming the new "I use arch btw" meme but if you go down this route I highly recommend using nix as the distro. Ideally you can just leave these systems running once they're working and using nix means all your system state is logged in git. No more "wait, how did I fix that thing 6mo ago?" or having to manually put the system back together after a Ubuntu dist upgrade explodes. Every change you've made, package you've installed, and setting you've configured is in the git log.
I find myself referring to my git repo frequently as a source of documentation on what's installed and how the systems are set up.
I find myself referring to my git repo frequently as a source of documentation on what's installed and how the systems are set up.