• IncongruousMonkey
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    26 days ago

    Yes Ubuntu can read NTFS. And yes, I’ve found Plex runs happily on low spec Linux machines. Running mine on an Ubuntu VM with 2GB ram allocated quite happily.

    Plex install on Linux is very easy from memory.

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      26 days ago

      any special deployment of Ubuntu required as far as drivers go? I know you can just chuck it on from a live USB but I’ve never actually optimized anything. Frankly, it runs like crap on Windows.

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        26 days ago

        Depends on your hardware. I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 onto an old Dell laptop with zero issues. If you’re using new hardware you’re more likely to have issues.

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          25 days ago

          Nah its a Optiplex 7070, nothing fancy so hopefully plays out the same as yours. thanks heaps!

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            25 days ago

            I think 7070s are relatively old, so you should be fine? I’ve never installed Linux onto an optiplex though.

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      26 days ago

      I’m literally running Plex on a Synology DS220+ NAS with all the usual addons in docker containers. I only use it locally and have had zero issues (Besides it getting laggy when downloading from Usenet at nearly 1gbps but I’ll give that a pass)