Best operating system for Servers in 2024

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Published 2024-06-26
When it comes to certain features or capabilities running in home labs or production environments, it directly relates to the operating system. In this video, we take a look at the best operating system for servers in 2024. We will look at several categories of server operating systems, such as those that do virtualization, containers, file servers, and security.

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Introduction - 0:00
Operating systems overview - 0:35
Introducing Best operating system for Virtualization - 0:54
VMware ESXi - 1:27
Nutanix AHV - 2:30
Proxmox VE - 3:30
XCP-ng - 3:55
Best operating system for running containers - 4:54
Talos Linux - 5:33
Flatcar Container Linux - 6:14
Fedora CoreOS - 6:30
Best operating system for running file servers - 6:42
Windows Server - 7:00
TrueNAS Scale - 7:56
Vanilla Ubuntu or Debian - 8:30
Best operating system for security - 9:03
Qubes OS - 9:28
Tails OS - 9:50
Kali Linux - 10:03
Wrapping up the Best operating system in 2024 - 10:13
All Comments (21)
  • @nadtz
    I've been wrapping my head around NIX OS, bit of a learning curve but the fact that it's so easy to reproduce once you do get everything set up is something I really like. I'm also partial to FreeBSD (or OpenBSD for security) over Linux when I can use it.
  • @gregoryholmes4261
    I appreciate the advice. I'm just getting into this and thinking to pick up some minis for a homelab so mostly interested in the hypervisors. I am also learning OpenStack but not sure yet how it all fits together.
  • @kjakobsen
    Let's be fair. If you needed all the advanced features of VMware, you were never the target demographic of the free ESXI to begin with.
  • @PortsmouthHarbourBoats
    I think you might of missed OpenBSD in them most secure. Qubes, Tails, Kali etc are hardly operating systems for servers?
  • @huyhandes
    Any best suggest for GPU workload? I use ubuntu server and to be honest, too much struggle with nvidia driver and cuda and so on...
  • @amitchettri_ac
    Hi Brandon, can you kindly provide the learning path for Nutanix please.
  • @user-od6gi4lz8t
    The perfect server OS doesn’t exist, it exists the best server OS for your applications! 😅
  • @chromerims
    Best server OS's by use case, . . . This is the best video for that 👍
  • @g.s.3389
    I agree with any word you said.
  • @jmandman785
    What about best OS for web-hosting and/or Firewalls applications?
  • @rhousand
    These days I land on NixOS as a file server and for virtualization using Nix Flakes. The Nix language is kinda like learning VI. It has a learning curve but pays off once you figure it out.
  • @paul454
    Great video as usual, but I can't get over the name Nutanix . It sounds like a dietary supplement, maybe for hair loss or Low T. 🤣