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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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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Why would I want add overheard and complexity to my system when I don't need to? I can totally see legitimate use cases for docker, and work for purposes I use VMs constantly. I just don't see a benefit to doing so at home.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Main benefit of Docker for home is Docker compose IMO. Makes it so easy to reuse your configuration

[–] cichy1173@szmer.info 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then check IaC, for example with Terraform or Ansible

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Why if I already need to know Docker for work, but not the others

I've used Kunernetes but not Ansible lol