According to the 2025 Self-Host survey from selfh.st, Linux dominates self-hosting setups and homelab operating systems.

Ethan Sholly, the driving force behind selfh.st, one of the most recognized communities uniting self-hosting enthusiasts, has published the latest results of his annual survey on the community’s preferences, collecting 4,081 responses from self-hosting practitioners worldwide.

No surprise there: Linux is overwhelmingly dominant, chosen by more than four out of five self-hosters (81%). In other words, for self-hosters operating at bare-metal, virtualised, or container-based infrastructure, Linux remains the backbone.

In fact, this result aligns closely with broader trends: according to Wikipedia, Linux holds a 63% share of global server infrastructure. Aside from the hobby aspect, most respondents said privacy was their main reason for self-hosting, which, as you know, remains one of Linux’s strongest selling points. Now, back to the numbers.

  • Godort@lemmy.ca
    171·
    3 months ago

    In my experience as a Windows sysadmin, AD and HyperV are the big two.

    I will espouse support for AD readily, it’s very good at what it does and connects with M365 with minimal setup. HyperV is also a perfectly cromulent hypervisor, but in that space, They all serve the same function and none I’ve worked with really have a killer feature that sets it apart from the others.

    • 0x0@lemmy.zip
      1·
      3 months ago

      I will espouse support for AD readily, it’s very good at what it does and connects with M365 with minimal setup.

      That’s why they EEE’d LDAP: vendor lock-in. It’s MS.