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Congrats on launching something (more than most of us will ever manage), but I am struggling to see why I would use this over something with more backing. There are a number of similar projects that have a very similar goal, but have the support of a large community and/or commercial sponsor:

- Flatcar Container Linux: An open-source, immutable OS designed for automatic updates and large-scale container deployments.

- Fedora CoreOS: A, secure, automatically updating operating system designed for running containerized applications, succeeding the original CoreOS.

- Talos Linux: A modern, immutable, security-focused OS dedicated entirely to Kubernetes.

- IncusOS: an immutable OS solely designed around safely and reliably running Incus.

I think you need to more clearly explain how this is different. Again, congrats on the launch though.

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I use IncusOS in my homelab. It's a joy to set up and use.

Migrated from Proxmox and manage all my VMs. Heavily use coding assistants to automatically set things up through the IncusOS CLI, translate Docker-Compose images to Incus, write bash scripts to automate launching new containers to use `--dangerously-skip-permissions` without fear of repercussions, etc.

What I love the most about it is that it's possible to manage IncusOS with declarative files, so you always have visibility into networking setups, resource configuration, etc.

Highly recommend checking IncusOS out if you have similar use cases!

I haven't migrated to IncusOS just yet, but I use Incus on a server and have been pretty happy so far.

What solution do you use for declarative deployments? Last time I looked there was no default option?

I use my own solution (set of bash scripts) on top of IncusOS support for declarative files.

Look into https://gitlab.com/r3j0/incus-compose, it just published its first beta but it nicely gaps some of Docker Compose into Incus-land

As someone who has moved the opposite way, heavily using Incus and now checking out Proxmox, what made you go for IncusOS?

My gut feeling is that enterprise sentiment is leaning heavily towards Proxmox, fuelled by a VMware exodus that will only gain speed, and I don't see Incus really meeting the requirements most people have that previously used VMware, but of course Incus is awesome and you can't always pick technologies by what will be "employable" :-)

Having an OS that versions all my VMs and allows A/B running the actual OS, has a high quality CLI, is built on modern standards, supports declarative files, and it’s simpler than Proxmox.

I don’t really care for enterprise support. Incus hits a sweet spot no other solution does.

All those tools needed hours to setup this just boots and works.

Exactly!

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