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What operating system do you use for your home server? I’m planning to do unraid but what are the other options and why would you pick one or another?

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HashtagMOMD@alien.topB
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VMware esxi. The only one I tried, and it works amazing.

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zirophyz@alien.topB
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ESXi here too, on consumer hardware.

Ubuntu Server for Docker hosts.

TrueNAS for… NAS.

All on one server.

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purepersistence@alien.topB
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Do you put your router in ESXi or is that a separate box?

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not_false_true@alien.topB
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I have Sophos UTM running flawlessly in a VM on ESXi.

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darthrater78@alien.topB
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You should try Proxmox. It’s better in almost every way.

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SpongederpSquarefap@alien.topB
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When Broadcom finally kill them and you’re sick of their bullshit, switch to Proxmox

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greenscoobie86@alien.topB
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Same here. A bunch of Ubuntu/docker and windows VMs running on one host, it’s great.

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CesarM11@alien.topB
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Home Server: VMware ESXi NAS: Unraid

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Practical_Driver_924@alien.topB
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Proxmox, truenas

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Pvp9dc@alien.topB
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Yup. Proxmox as OS and truenas as a VM + passtrough disks

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Practical_Driver_924@alien.topB
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My setup got too big, so im running proxmox and truenas bare metal. But passthrough is also a good option!

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Pvp9dc@alien.topB
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thats the best option, if you got the hardware for that ;)

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Still-Snow-3743@alien.topB
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Ubuntu server, some bash scripts, and a docker install. KISS

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IceOleg@alien.topB
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I don’t have much of a homeserver, its more of an experiment - but I have Fedora IoT as hypervisor OS running a Open Media Vault guest and another Fedora IoT VM for container services.

I’m a big fan of Fedora’s Ostree setup, and have used Silverblue on the desktop for a while now, so IoT makes a lot of sense for me.

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