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Self-Hosters Confirm It Again: Linux Dominates the Homelab OS Space (linuxiac.com)
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Ethan Sholly, the driving force behind selfh.st, one of the most recognized communities uniting self-hosting enthusiasts, has published the latest results of his annual survey on the community’s preferences, collecting 4,081 responses from self-hosting practitioners worldwide.

No surprise there: Linux is overwhelmingly dominant, chosen by more than four out of five self-hosters (81%). In other words, for self-hosters operating at bare-metal, virtualised, or container-based infrastructure, Linux remains the backbone.

In fact, this result aligns closely with broader trends: according to Wikipedia, Linux holds a 63% share of global server infrastructure. Aside from the hobby aspect, most respondents said privacy was their main reason for self-hosting, which, as you know, remains one of Linux’s strongest selling points. Now, back to the numbers.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Honestly it's probably tomcat as bundled with whatever piece of junk corporate software the good idea fairy sold them this time.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh if its a bundled "service" application almost definitely.

It will also have a UI reminiscent of win2k, cost a minimum of $20k to engage them for any "project" effort, and the first 3 meetings will be a waste of time over miscommunication on expected status.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also a proprietary license server that has to run on a machine image they provide OR they manage, in your prem.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 day ago

And for stupid reasons needs to run a connectivity check to google, amazon, and microsoft or it throws an error.

Apparently I'm missing something that has netted them an absolute fortune. Or they are (cough morals cough).

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