Pretty much the title. I’ve seen plenty of people using proxmox and truenas but I don’t really see many homelab users running Ubuntu server or something similar? Do many people actually use it to run docker or any containers on their machines? Just curious.
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I run Debian on bare metal as my docker host.
Bookstack, tenable scanner, splunk… these are all Ubuntu vms in my environment.
I do, and actually loads of people do
Of my 13 running VMs, nine are Ubuntu server (mostly 20.04). Three are Oracle Linux and one Rocky Linux.
I ran Ubuntu Server on VMs in Proxmox for a while, and those VMs primarily hosted services via Docke containers, but I’ve since migrated to Debian for reasons.
So… yes! Lots of us do! We just often virtualize it rather than running it on bare-metal. That way, we can run 5 ubuntu servers with one physical box - a common homelab limitation.
Nearly every VM in my proxmox clusters are Ubuntu server. In my opinion it is a great OS for several services that didn’t require a gui. I like it more than debian
Debian doesn’t install a gui by default, except for live cd and has a smaller footprint than Ubuntu.
Legit question. What is exactly that draws you to Ubuntu over Debian?
The only thing that might matter for me is zfs support on the installer. But tbh I dont mind doing it manually. I treat my machines as disposable anyway
I use Ubuntu and Photon server to run any Linux applications I need on VM’s like DNS and Grafana. I have started to use vSphere tanzu to run containers.
I want to run an IRC chat and a virtual assistant so I’ll probably run those in an Ubuntu server VM
I’m not sure if I quali as a homelabber, but Ubuntu server is definitely runnning my Nextcloud as a snap package. Once I move it to proxmox it’ll still run as an os on vm, just to run the Nextcloud.
Crap ton of them as VMs, but bare metal? One workstation and one serve station.
I used to use Ubuntu VMs on Proxmox host but I’ve switched to Debian a year or so ago.
I used to but have recently moved to Debian server.
Probably there is some people here running VMs with Ubuntu Server in their Proxmox machines.
Debian all the way here.
I’ve run both, and I prefer Ubuntu. One massive plus being that it has better out-of-the-box support for drivers.
My server hardware doesn’t change often. Not a huge plus.
I was on the Ubuntu wagon before Debian. Many reasons I switched but the final straw was the bloat that kept being added to Ubuntu. Not huge but Debian uses less resources and seems to be more stable, in my experience.
I’d still use Ubuntu in some settings. Just not my lab VMs.
I run Ubuntu server as the base OS for my (pc based) pi-holes.
Ubuntu server on ESXi VMs
Xubuntu on laptop