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.
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.
Cool! I didn't noticed you could edit files from within it, but yes, that's a cool option as well. Silverbullet.md turned out to be more interesting though, so i have self hosted it too.
Well, while much interesting indeed, i am not ready to install VSCode itself just for notes. I would prefer not to have the option to edit them online then.
I use a laptop and external jbod covered with a low power ups. As other said, the point is to bridge powergaps now long term working powerless. I live in the countrisied, so small powergaps happens specially when my photovoltaic don't produce (no, i have no battery accumulators, too expensive)
I think you are correct on most of it, but judging if somebody has or not alternatives is impossible. Of course everybody has alternatives, at least in the western world, but still lots of good and ethical people work for Nestlé.
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.