It would be the exact opposite if it wasn’t using docker, it requires specific minor versions of multiple software, people on Debian would always get versions too old while people on arch too new

I would consider docker very easy to use and well worth exploring. The benefit of Docker is that it runs exactly the same on any system, no matter what the underlying OS is.

Here’s how difficult it was to set up Immich:

1. Download a docker-compose.yml file, which describes the options for the Immich server.
2. Run docker-compose up -d

That’s it. Immich is now installed and running.

Lol docker is literally the easiest and most user-friendly server program administration method… It is literally one user-readable configuration file and everything is automatic.

Vm’s are more complicated and have you even tried managing many services on bare metal with conflicting libraries, database versions, etc…? That is truly arcane arts of programming scripts.

I think you got docker mixed with something else, since docker does the exact opposite, i.e. allows you run services without all of the arcane shit involved. Just put the compose file in a folder and run docker compose up -d and you’re done, whereas the alternative would be to install a database, configure it, install the immich service, connect it to the database, write a service file for both database and service to allow it to be auto-started, and face multiple issues due to missing dependencies or permissions.

lol docker ain’t that.

Same here. I just installed Proxmox on an old machine, then Coolify, boom… Docker ready without the knowledge. There’s a ton of apps one click away, immich included.