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?

  • kiol@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    I see. There is no disrespect intended, because it is a discussion thread starter. My question about this is: what would be the better phrasing for the subject matter of this post? Either way, discussion seems to be going great. Cheers all, because it isn’t a discussion of what is better: it is a general curiosity for people running bare metal, because it seems to receive zero discussion. I am glad to see such people responding, positive or negative.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      19 hours ago

      I think people are assuming you want to convert people to The Church of Docker, in their minds, if you know what I mean. I do not see it that way, but “what is stopping you from using virtualization” has such a tone as if everyone is supposed to virtualize, but something prevents them and they can’t.

      I think a better way to ask it would be “what are your reasons for sticking with bare metal?” or something like that.

      sidenote: to me it seems some people here have quite bad experiences with docker. I mean it has parts I don’t like either, but I never had so many problems with it and I’m hosting a dozen of web services locally. maybe their experience was from the early days?