Self-Hosted Main

proxmox. i fine its very easy to work with and manage. also proxmox backup server is amazing

Arch. No Window Managers or Desktop Environments. Its easy to work with when no extra fluff is installed.

Proxmox 4 lyf

Home Server: VMware ESXi NAS: Unraid

Debian Stable. Clean, easy, and reliable. Upgrades smoothly without drama.

Debian. I use mostly docker containers and super easy to spin up and manage.

Debian, I wouldn't pick another one.

Debian. All day, everyday.

Debian, FreeBSD. Proxmox is awesome for hosting VMs, LXC, and Docker Containers (via a VM).

Debian

I really wanted to self host so I wrote my own OS, from scratch.

unraid if you're running media apps, cameras, etc it works well

Proxmox cluster for containers,alerts.etc

Openmediavault for my NAS

FreeBSD

Unraid for my disks and *arr stack and 3 other Ubuntu LTS boxes for my containers

Proxmox or Debian minimal!

unRAID is fantastic. I used to use it as a monolith server, now it acts as my NAS.

I currently run a Kubernetes cluster on a handful of Ubuntu server nodes.

Ubuntu server with ansible playbook and docker services

Proxmox, Debian containers.

Ubuntu server LTS

Home serVER? Like ONE? 😅

I have only ever used UnRaid, so I can't speak to the differences between server options. But I love UnRaid!

I am not very experienced in using text-based command terminals, so having a GUI is very helpful for me. In the past, I've tried to really understand the Linux terminal, making reference sheets for all the commands and writing down file paths, but in the end, I just spend way too much time trying to remember/ figure out how to do something that would only take clicking an icon. (I'm not here to argue the merits of terminal vs GUI. I understand the power of the terminal and still occasionally use it when necessary).

I originally started using UnRaid because of the Linus Tech Tips video, where they made 2 gaming PCs in one computer. I really wanted to do that too for my partner and I to game together. I mainly wanted to do that for the cool factor, but ultimately, it was cheaper to buy all the parts for one PC and just get a second GPU and an UnRaid license than it was to buy everything for 2 PCs.

UnRaid's built-in Docker and VM support is amazing! The Community Applications plugin has also made Docker Containers a breeze! People make pre-configured apps that only take minimal setup on my side to get running (mostly setting the file path for save folders). I've never made much luck with Docker itself on other OSs, but now I run Plex, Home Assistant, Blender, Cura Slicer, photo backup, minecraft server, etc. All only took a few clicks and setting file paths, and then they are up and running!

The ability to quickly spin up VMs in UnRaid and choose how many resources you want to give it (CPU cores, RAM, passing through USB or any PCIe device) has been amazing! It is really making it easier for me to learn Linux since I can easily access Windows or Linux as VMs and easily give GPU access to either if I need to. I guess it's like having all the benefits of bare metal installs and VMs.

UnRaid also has a terminal for more advanced users. Really, it seems anything is possible with some of the stuff I've read about people doing. And I never imagined I could build two gaming PCs into one!

good support keeping the compatible packages readily available is one of the feature you might do well with

Truenas scale and xcpng

Fedora server + cockpit

solid and simple admin web panel with containers support (via plugin)

I use OpenMediaVault, with a Docker plugin and a few containers for Plex and Transmission. Although, I don't actually remember if OpenMediaVault is the OS itself, or running on top of it, which is a testament to stability, I suppose.

NixOS. Only been running it on that server for a couple of weeks now, but so far I'm happy with it.

I like being able to manage almost every aspect of the system from a single declarative configuration file.

I don't do any fancy NAS and/or RAID stuff though. Just the OS living on an nvme, and a logical volume running across two spinning disks. If I need direct file access I use scp, but the storage is more for jellyfin and a syncthing node.

Proxmox because it's just Debian with a pretty UI for QEMU

I'm liking it a lot more than ESXi - it's just better honestly

AlmaLinux + portainer. Cockpit-machines for vms.

I use Rocky Linux, since it is similar to my my company uses but I don't have to worry about developer keys/license to use the os

NixOS

I use TrueNAS, mainly because I wanted a solid storage solution. I don't really need many VMs, so I'm happy to run jails for stuff I need.

I also run a small RPi4 server with a few docker containers (a secondary Syncthing server, TVHeadend server, etc).

If I had a need for VMs, I'd run Proxmox (as I have some experience with it).

ESXi 8 with ISCSI shared storage. Love it.

I've been on Unraid for years now with no complaints, much better then all the other NAS platforms. The docker app catalog is great. I also run a number of VMs on it including GPU pass through.

Proxmox, unraid, pihole ftw

Ubuntu server, some bash scripts, and a docker install. KISS

VMware esxi. The only one I tried, and it works amazing.

Proxmox, truenas

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.

Ubuntu LTS server. I chose it because it's got good support both in community and enterprise support. Also it's pretty simple to use and almost forgot it's got zfs built in.

If you’re looking for a NAS and don’t want to invest on all disks right now, unraid. Otherwise truenas