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The base Synology NAS models fit the bill - everything from blogs to office software is available from the get go. I own one but don't use them and haven't met anyone who does - there is something about hosting this on a box in your living room that feels too fragile.

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QNAP NAS models have a similar setup. In addition to their own package format (qpg? I think...), they also are getting the ability to run Docker apps natively.

I agree RE the fragility. Even on my mid-range rack mount units, I'd rather stick to just having them serve up iSCSI or NFS to something more... server like that runs the actual instances.

> The base Synology NAS models fit the bill - everything from blogs to office software is available from the get go.

Their package system (for 3rd parties) seems to still be a mess: https://github.com/SynoCommunity/spksrc/issues/2216

To be fair packaging is a bit of a mess everywhere. We're talking about installing and running things, not publishing them, I can say I was positively surprised by how well everything works in their system.

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