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Gentoo. While a bit unusual, it's perfect for the job.

Check my wiki at https://wiki.gardiol.org where I document my Gentoo selfhost experience.

How is your librephoto experience so far?

Indeed I am a quite proficient sysadmin for my home server, while not a professional one.

I didn't consider a docker file as instructions for bare metal install, thanks for the suggestion. I am currently using podman with immich because its release cycles are too fast for me to catch up otherwise.

I am thinking to experiment with something different from immich because, while its a great tool, it's "just" (no pun intended) a backup solution for mobile devices and I need something more than that.

I was considering https://damselfly.info/ which looks more like the workflow I am looking to implement.

It is true that a project doesn't need to release binaries. But either those or the instructions on how to build from sources I think are somewhat expected.

Said so, I am hosting immich on docker because, specially on such fast evolving and kind of "beta" software its by far the fastest way.

No, I am forced to use containers because... There are no instructions for bare-metal installation and they also do not provide any instruction on how to build from sources (and I tried...)

Also, there are no binary releases only docker-compose.

All in all, immich cannot be deployed but with containers.

No choice: not good.

You need two instances of radarr

Its a solution to one of the typical Linux issues. Its a step toward overcaming the fragmentation of Linux package managers.

I don't personally like it too much, I prefer the distro package stuff, but I understand the app developers cannot manage a plethora of different package formats.

Distro maintainters should, but its clearly more and more a massive task for different distros to keep up with the amount of apps out there.

Also, npm, pip and the various "packaging" ways existing add to the chaos.

I see distro package managers converge toward providing basic packages for the general system and some other solution like flatpack to provide additional stuff.

I think it would be wrong for flatpack/containers to replace package managers as well, it's not their scope.

Docker (better use Podman!) Is, I am afraid, hard to avoid nowadays. I fully agree with you that bare-metal deployment should always be an option.

Its one of my biggest issues with immich/photoprism/librephotos but there is no way around that.

Immich is the only container I have on my system... A necessary evil (joking).

I know containers now, but still don't like them too much. I am old I am afraid.

But you shouldn't be FORCED to use containers, that's my point.

Thanks! Good to know

Do NOT relock a phone unless stock ROM is installed!

The system image signature will be different and you will brick your phone.

This is true for Samsung and Xiaomi, might not be true for Pixels, but I wouldn't risk it.

Yes! ended up using silverbullet.md. Just amazing.

Thanks, but not going to host a docker container just for such a stupid thing. Silverbullet.md did cut the cheese for me and it was even simpler.