Anyone here using one of those "NAS" OSes?
I'm new to this shit, I've been playing around with using an old laptop as a server and I'm waiting on some new hardware to come so it's an opportunity to start fresh.
So far I've been using Debian with docker for just about everything and I learned that I like having a server, but working on it? not so much.
So the idea of something that's more "fuck it, whatever" like TrueNAS or whatever else is appealing to me.
That being said I don't want to be limited in terms of what I can do with it and it would bother me a LOT if I couldn't do something on my machine that I could if I just used some more Vanilla Linux.
I'm perfectly capable of doing everything myself through Debian, but I don't want to put in work if I don't have to.

Any recommendations?
Is there an OS out there that's "user friendly" and does shit for me but I still COULD do regular-Linux type things on it?
Or should I stop overthinking it and just use Debian?
If I should just use Debian, any dashboard-type services you recommend for giving me a remote GUI to do as much as possible on the server through it? I've heard the name "cockpit" but I'm pretty wet behind the ear.