Lightweight distro for a server is nonsense, IMHO. All major distros are made to work as a server (enterprise ones are made primarily for servers), so whichever one you use currently, use it. Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, whatever.
I'm not asking for a distro made specifically for servers. I'm asking for a distro that fits what I specified in the post body. Most people here said Debian, and I'm probably going with that as it's my daily driver anyways.
I use arch.
edit: lol while I am new to arch, I guess I kind of expected people to disagree with me. I was under the impression that stock arch is very lightweight? I know there used to be jokes about "I installed Arch" cause it's supposed to be hard. But I installed Arch on my desktop and server recently, I did the manual install on my desktop and the guided install on my server. Both super straight forward. Plus Arch seems to have some of the best documentation across distros. I don't know why it should not be suggested, unless I am missing something.
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