Can anyone share their experiences of running a NAS with ZimaOS or similar software vs just using Debian?
I’m pretty comfortable on the command line and like having full control over my system. I’m happily running Debian and using Docker Compose to run Immich, Home Assistant, Jellyfin, and a few other services. I also use Tailscale and have https setup.
However, I am curious to learn more about these more turnkey solutions. Are they worth switching to? I guess ZimaOS comes with a mobile app? Is that useful? Does ZimaOS make it easier for end users to use? Is managing ZimaOS annoying?
Is ZimaOS even worth considering if is not Open Source?
I can’t comment on ZimaOS but I do use CasaOS to manage docker and it saves a lot of hassle for most things. Just being able to click the 3 dots and check for updates is worth it.
The only issue I have with CasaOS is that it doesn’t have support for env files. Maybe ZimaOS fixed that. Next week I should have a HP gen9 arriving to replace my dying gen8 and looking at trying proxmox on that so might have to test ZimaOS.
Still really want to get into kubernetes but trying to get a useful tutorial that works and isn’t a stupid video thats hard to follow is annoyny.
Zimaos is just casaos packaged with Debian