This is the way.

While reviewing Cosmos yesterday, I stumbled upon another operating system called ZimaOS. It’s also pretty interesting.

I really like the concept of Proxmox; however, it’s not for my use case. Mainly running a media server. As you have mentioned, I’m also sceptical about plug-and-play OS. 😅 I just can’t make up my mind.

What are your thoughts on something like Zimaos and Cosmos Cloud?

Thanks for the recommendation. It’s looking pretty interesting. I’m surprised I haven’t heard about it until now. How’s your experience overall? What other OS’s have you tried? I’ve tried Proxmox, then TrueNAS, but I settled on Unraid. (The Unraid server died on me. When I turned it on, I couldn’t access the web UI. Sometimes, when I press the power button, it doesn’t turn on. )

I had a bit of a hiccup with my Unraid server. It wouldn’t turn on, and I got so fed up that I decided to get rid of it. But now, I’m back on the hunt for a new home server OS, and I’m hoping to find one that’s easy to use and has a GUI. If you were in my shoes in 2025, which one would you pick?

Thanks for the reassurance. I only need a motherboard, RAM, and a GPU. I still have rest of the components.

Thanks for your input. Personally I never had an issue with UGreen products, Personally, I never had an issue with UGreen products; however, you’re right about the proprietary software. You’re locked in a box; you can’t do anything other than what they provide you with.

What are your thoughts on pre-build home servers from eBay?

I have the same case. I still have the drives; however, I sold the rest of the hardware.

That makes sense. I usually like GUI OSes. Other than TrueNas what else do you recommend? Is there any OS that gives you free SSL certificate?

The amount of bots on that sh*tty platform is insane. I left it for Mastodon.

DeepSeek.

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Can someone explain this? Keyloggers???

Currently, I use Newblur for subscribing to feeds and then link it with other RSS apps. (The NewsBlur mobile app is terrible.)

Have you tried Unread on iOS? I find it more intuitive than News Explorer. I find News Explorer to be buggy.

It’s available on F-droid not sure about playstore.

At the point, might as well build your own home server 😂

Please do recommend RSS apps for all platforms. Currently using:

Android: Read You iOS/Mac: Unread

• Chinese = Bad
• Russian = Bad
• Iran = Bad
• USA = We are the only good guys.