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Curious to know what the experiences are for those who are sticking to bare metal. Would like to better understand what keeps such admins from migrating to containers, Docker, Podman, Virtual Machines, etc. What keeps you on bare metal in 2025?

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 108 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Containers run on "bare metal" in exactly the same way other processes on your system do. You can even see them in your process list FFS. They're just running in different cgroup's that limit access to resources.

Yes, I'll die on this hill.

[–] arcayne@lemmy.today 5 points 6 days ago

Move over, bud. That's my hill to die on, too.

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