ordered a “new” PC to take over plex responsibilities. The old XPS is starting to show its age. Heres my question, do I go Linux? Or stick to win 11? I’ve heard Linux performance is a lot better, but my experince is pretty limited to a few Ubuntu Distros. The other challenege is my library sits on a 12tb internal drive on the XPS. Is Ubuntu going to be ok reading off what I assume is NTFS?
win 11 is such a cluster of bullshit the hassle of setup is gonna be about the same, but the nix box isn’t going to rape its own hardware to death and snitch on you for mp3’s
I booted 11 because it was installed and just to make sure the desktop runs (and I new how to review system specs on windows easier). Having to use OOBE to bypass account creation requirements is such bullshit.
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.
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.
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.
I put Debian on my optiplex with xfce as the desktop environment and it uses less than a gig at idle. Debian’s great too because it has a slow update cycle so you don’t need to worry about anything breaking. You could set Plex to autostart so you never actually see the OS, then you have free extra RAM from using a lighter system
I was just reading about the whole snaps debate. No experience with Debian but I might give Mint a go. Sounds like its the darling child these days.
I first used Ubuntu and found snap to be really slow so I switched. I’ve put Mint on a computer and it works great. It’s justified in being the new linux favourite.
The UI has been designed to look a lot like Windows as well, so it’s easier for people to make the switch
