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It's proprietary, after all. I understand paid is fine, but even then, it usually better be open source.

So, why is Unraid an exception ?

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[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Proprietary doesn't necessarily have to be bad, obviously this will vary from person to person and who you ask. Personally Ive listened to enough podcasts with Unraid folks in them and read articles etc to be able base my trust in them and what they do.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Except you kinda get crucified for not using (F)OSS on lemmy^(exceptions apply)

Exceptions I encountered:

  • Apple (to some degree)
  • Plex
  • Unraid
[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Since you mentioned Plex, HAVE YOU HEARD OF JELLYFIN?

/s

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Yep.
And they released today the new version 10.11.0 with massive improvements (according to the changelog/blog) to the server.

Make sure to try it ;)