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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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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

"Containers by design are suppose to be temporary and the runtime data is recreated each time the container is launched. The persistent data is all you should care for."

So that's really why they should be good for Jellyfin/File servers, as the data isn't needing to be stored in container, just the run files. I suppose the config files as well.

When I reverse proxy to my network using wireguard (set up on the jellyfin server, I also think I have a rustdesk server on there) on the other hand, is it worth using a container, or is that just the same either way?

I have shoved way to many things on an old laptop, but I never have to touch it really, and the latest update mint put out actually cured any issues I had. I used to have to reboot once a week or so to get everything back online when it came to my Pihole and shit. Since the latest update I ran in September 4th, I haven't touched it for anything. Screen just stays closed in a corner of my desk with other shit stacked on top