I suppose you could, but being that it’s Debian based I’d say just use Debian.

Any particular reason?

Used it in the past, and it’sa pretty alright desktop OS. It would work as a server OS, but that’s not really its main focus.

It’s debian based, so might as well go for actual debian.

Why? It’s a desktop distro based on Debian. Just use Debian.

I’d have to disagree; Proxmox is definitely the sweet spot for a self-hosting setup.

Proxmox