Did consider it about a year ago but seemed too early at the time compared to the stability of Proxmox. It dles however look like it has come quite far. Will add it to my to-checkout-list 😊

I use Incus on Debian 13. Debian 13 packages Incus, and that version only does security updates and focuses on stability. To be clear, Debian's model is to not do bugfixes or feature updates, to prevent any update from being breaking in any way. This ensures users can automatically get security updates.

I get it from zabbly's repos: https://github.com/zabbly/incus , in order to get newer versions of Incus, and to get, however. There is a risk of breaking updates but I'll live and fixing the occasional thing on my one server is okay. The Zabbly incus repos also come with the UI, although the UI is just a static site you can put in the right spot. I like that design, because it means that only the API can do anything, which lessens the attack surface.

I also use Incus personally on my laptop on Arch Linux. It's nice to have the same UI/UX for vm management, and being able to download the premade images from their docker like repository is pretty nice as well.

Running Incus on a headless Debian 13 host using a Ryzen 2700 CPU with an uptime of at least 200 days, no issues. Really like the ability to seamlessly pass through a GPU on any container running the same kernel. Used to run ESXi, never looking back.

I've been using Incus for awhile now, but TIL there's an IncusOS.

I want to upgrade to it from Proxmox when I eventually get a new processor. It seems perfect for my use case; proxmox is far too complex for what little I do with it.

I've used Incus, but not incusos for over two years now. Works well.

Stability is great, flexibility to do what I need is also great.

Also there are quite a few options for deployment, I use ansible.

Is incus-compose a part of the base system, or an add-on? How does it work on IncusOS if it's a command-line tool and there's neither a remote nor a local shell, only a web API? Does it provide a built-in way to automate container updates?

I've been running IncusOS on a 10 year old Dell Inspiron 22-3263 with no issues for around a year now. The install process was straightforward, even for this older hardware. Administration is via an intuitive web GUI, and if you've ever used Ubuntu Micro Cloud, you'd already be quite familiar with the interface, as Incus is a fork of that, IIRC.

Haven't heard about it. I probably should give it a try.

Sounds neat but I would be worried about the no shell stuff, I run my things headless for the most part and like SSH and occasionally VNC access.