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Plex is overhauling its apps with a redesign and under-the-hood upgrades (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 day ago by simplejack@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's too bad, but it sounds more like you bit off too much rather than Jellyfin being bad. Once it's set up, it's fairly smooth, we just drop movies in a folder on the NAS, name them somewhat appropriately, and Jellyfin frequently recognizes it, though sometimes I'll need to help it out a bit. Setup wasn't much more complicated than other self-hosted stuff I run, but I'm also a full-time Linux user for some 15 years and a SW dev by trade, so I guess I'm blind to issues I take for granted.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah absolutely it is a me problem, but the imsinuation is that these jumps are easy. Plex works easier and windows in mpre intuitive, I hate microsoft and will push on with Linux and hopefully jellyfin but it isnt an easy move.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Windows is only intuitive because that's what you have experience with. If you grew up on macOS or Linux, you would probably find it as confusing as you do Linux right now.

But yeah, it's a learning curve, and self-hosting on Linux generally requires a mental shift from thinking of things as "apps" and moving to "clients" and "servers." On Windows, the two tend to be mixed, because managing servers on Windows kinda sucks, but the opposite is true on Linux.

But yeah, do one thing at a time. Get comfy with Linux first, and then learn about self-hosting stuff (including Jellyfin).

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I dont know what to do with linux to get comfortable. Outside of doing something like jellyfin, which is basic to most people, I would just be browsing.

Tbh I cant even get my ps5 controller to work properly to play games.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 34 minutes ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

The PS5 controller should work out of the box on pretty much any Linux distribution, at least through Steam. If you have trouble, ask on !linux_gaming@lemmy.world.

And Jellyfin is a bit complex since you need to host the server, so don't feel bad about that.