HexOS - 1 Year Later (Is It Worth Buying Yet?)

Learn More about HexOS here - https://hexos.com/ HexOS Q3 Update (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbwFbrTTnfc HexOS 6 Months Later - Better, Worse or the Same (YouTube) ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybOVCqDSLVg HexOS Q2 Update (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNUc5HgttOk HexOS vs ZimaOS ON YOUR NAS (YouTube) ? (RAID Room Podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ_2RFGNqTg HexOS NAS Software - Review of the BETA https://nascompares.com/2024/12/02/hexos-nas-software-review-of-the-beta/ Get yourself an UnRAID License HERE - https://unraid.net/pricing?via=nascompares HexOS AMA, User Questions Answered. TrueNAS Partnership? Online? Licensing? Buddy Backups? https://nascompares.com/2024/08/09/hexos-ama-user-questions-answered-truenas-partnership-online-licensing-buddy-backups/ Original HexOS User Q&A Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPVd4YCDZ8 (Skip Ahead to Web GUI Discussion) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPVd4YCDZ8&t=524s HexOS Beta sign up page (scroll to the bottom) - https://bit.ly/4fEAWty What is HexOS? The Truly User-Friendly TrueNAS Scale NAS Based Option https://nascompares.com/2024/06/17/what-is-hexos-the-truly-user-friendly-truenas-scale-nas-based-option/ HexOS AMA – User Questions Answered (News) https://nascompares.com/news/hexos-ama-user-questions-answered/ Video Chapters 00:00 Intro and purpose of the one year review 00:25 Reminder of earlier quarterly update videos 00:48 Clarifying no sponsorship or editorial control 01:19 Year one focus on fundamentals and early access concerns 01:54 Shift from creator association toward core platform development 02:19 Role of TrueNAS and OpenZFS in the direction of HexOS 02:40 Summary of main feature additions across the year 03:09 New GUI elements and folder tools recap 03:30 Community curated app submissions 03:49 Not much front end change despite background work 04:14 Documentation updates and testing process improvements 04:34 Foundations completed but slow visible progress 04:57 Status of local UI access and planned timeline 05:21 Statement from the team about faster development in 2026 05:53 Parallel development with TrueNAS and expected alignment 06:16 Introduction to the three core roadmap items 06:42 First major item AnyRAID and mixed drive goals 07:06 Funding contribution and long term purpose of AnyRAID 07:30 Testing platforms used and expected rollout window 07:56 Likely timelines for community testing 08:29 Second roadmap item buddy backups and intended use 09:02 Third roadmap item virtualization and easier VM deployment 09:25 Expected curated VM templates and later tuning 09:50 Challenges of linking HexOS UI with underlying TrueNAS controls 10:16 Majority of improvements occurring behind the scenes 10:47 Pricing concerns and commentary on promotions 11:11 Current bundle offers for existing users 11:30 Why some users may still dislike the pricing model 11:47 Full price structure and future price changes 12:10 Overall recommendation and long term outlook 12:33 Need for better onboarding and clearer advanced tools 13:03 Value limitations after the initial setup phase 13:24 Who HexOS is suited for and who should wait 13:48 Closing thoughts and request for user feedback The Linus NAS Software Investment – Everything We Know So Far (2023 VID) https://youtu.be/UAMxUB4dY2g Linus Investing in a New NAS Software, HexOS - Let's Discuss! https://nascompares.com/2023/04/28/the-ltt-nas-software-investment-everything-we-know-so-far/ https://nascompares.com/news/linus-investing-in-a-new-nas-software-lets-discuss/ Thinking of buying a product mentioned in today's video from Amazon? If this video has helped you make that decision, you can head to Amazon using this link and we will get a small % profit of whatever you buy, which goes directly back to NASCompares and allows me and Eddie to keep doing what we do here on YouTube and the Blog - https://amzn.to/3TjM0kj