@andreas.grundler
I think HexOS could be successful if they partnered with a NAS hardware manufacturer. On its own, it will be hard to find customers willing to spend $300 on software in addition to the cost of the hardware.
@VenomKen
Reliance on third party server to access the management interface of a server I own is always going to make your product dead on arrival. It's the same rule I use for all products. If any product I buy from you has to contact your server to be useful then it is no sale. Learn your lessons folks by reading up on Sonos products, Chamberlain garage door openers and several other products that have pulled or killed products by killing the OEM server they rely on to function.
@ChikoDc_Tv
It certainly won't change anything in my homelab, not because it's not good, but because in a homelab, you're usually looking for free solutions. I agree with the fact that they charge for it. I mean, it's good work, and maybe for a small business with some income, it would be a good and easy choice. Like you said, if you want something that works effortlessly without having to search everywhere for documentation, it could be ideal.
@ali3n_unnwn
as someone who loves tinkering with hardware and will never buy a prebuilt for anything other than parts, i also work full time so being able to have a home server that will "just work" when i plug in the install usb so i can just throw all my stuff on my drives and spin up the 2 or 3 services i run. then i would be more willing to tinker on the software side on a second nas to get some experience with setting up that stuff from scratch without days or weeks of downtime for my movie or games server. this will be a part of the budget for my next build
@zid2714
200$ for a truenas skin is mad
@shishsquared
From what I've seen, this isn't for me. And that's okay. I really want this product to succeed though. I really want more people to be okay with the idea of having their own home server
@Jeteye2844
I think the Unraid model would be a asset to HexOS. I started out on the basic Unraid option years ago when all I wanted was just a server with a couple drives to run Plex. But as the years went on and I started my own homelab, and acquired more storage drives, I worked up to their Lifetime license. Today I can see all the benefits that gets me but 4 years ago that was a hard no. People need a cheap solution to their problems today, but they don't know what they will need tomorrow. So be ready to meet their demands later.
@znirich
As someone who is getting ready to make the jump from my NAS to a home built server, this seems like it is aimed right at me. I'm fine with, and even enjoy learning tech parameters to some extent, because my main goal in setting up a home server is to run things (i.e. jellyfin, etc), not learning a server because that is where my passion is. $300 hundred is a deal breaker, honestly $200 is still kinda high for me. It is hard to justify that price to me because, this isn't a from scratch OS, this is just an additional layer on top of TruNas ... free software. I personally think Unraid has a much better pricing model.
@DIYDaveOK
Hope you and your family had a great Christmas and have a Happy New Year, Colten!
@renegeeder
Have to be honest, for folks who HexOS is intended for, I'd rather point them to a Synology along with C2 Storage for backup.
@svenmichelsde
The problem is not the 300 USD price tag itself, but the fact that i have no "history" of them providing me evidence to be there in 3 years from now on. Or whatever stunts they might pull at some point. We have seen all of this in the past and i'm pretty sure we will continue to see such things as well in the future. So if you feel like spending the 300 bucks, go fot it. As you said, we usually spend way more money on certain crap over the time. For someone who doesn't really "needs" the easy access/use, i'm backing off paying 300 bucks (for now) and do my stuff on my own.
@DIYDaveOK
I'm beginning to think there's a market out there for tech people like me to set up simple home servers for people.
@jeremybarber2837
This is actually my first HexOS video and I greatly enjoyed it. Thanks for the overview!
@RyanDWilliamson
$100 for a 1 server lifetime license makes sense. I could maybe get family to buy into that if it gave me an easy remote management dashboard. It's a no at $200. $300 better get me a lifetime SITE license to run all the servers I want in High Availability mode.
@bhume7535
I didn't know it doesn't have a local interface AT ALL. I want my stuff locally, that's the whole dang reason I'm hosting my own data. Glad they're listening and plan to add that in the future. If that wasn't happening that automatically breaks the deal for me even though I REALLY want my NAS to be simple. OMV so far stays winning for me.
@japzone
As a tech guy who enjoys fiddling, I'd actually be interested in HexOS once it matures. Sometimes setting up and managing a server/NAS can just be tedious, and I'm not interested in my home server becoming a second job. I'd actually like having HexOS hold my hand, but have the option of diving into TrueNAS when I need to customize something specific, and then jump back out to HexOS afterwards. Definitely needs more time in the oven though. PS: For reference, I currently run a 4-bay Synology. It fits my needs, but I feel like Synology is losing focus and their software quality is being chipped away at. So I'd be interested in rolling my own NAS in the future, with something like HexOS.
@wlfwlker3704
I'm in agreement with your thoughts and hesitations. I went to school for a two-year networking degree. By the time I completed the program, I was obsolete. Now I am so far behind the curve that I would need just such a product for a setup/system that would be good. I am so fed up with this fact that I don't believe I even truly own my computer, phone, and tablet because I don't have the desire or time to research everything thoroughly enough to feel confident about developing a home system. I do not keep up with the newest gen of anything and only upgrade when the hassle is outweighed. I've wanted to set up my own server and storage without the cloud but haven't had the time to fully investigate and invest in such a system. Keep up the good work.
@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse
"Lifetime licence" leaves a wide gap which has already been covered by software vendors like Photoshop that just changes the name to v3, v4 , v 5 for which the original licence does not cover. The solution you offered about restricted drives etc is an already real situation with other NAS software vendors but putting a skin which might be easier to navigate, on someone elses software does make it an overly high priced option. The other thing that comes to mid is if TrueNAS change theirs to a point that this skin doesnt work?
@DarqhelmetUSMC
Thanks for the video. Just starting to dip my toes into this, i’m about 12-15 videos deep on your channel and this one was suggested by youtube. The second you said it goes to HexOS servers I was out. Linus being involved already rubbed me the wrong way. Relaying on someone else server instantly made this software DOA. Regardless of what they promise in the future the fact that they want hooks into you out the gate is just a hard no go for me.
@ZaPirate