Poll: What OS do you run Plex on?

I'm having some issues with my Plex's stability and was curious what the community thinks about their chosen OS and Plex.

(If there's a better site than SurveyMonkey for polls, let me know and I'll re-do it)

Edit: turns out SurveyMonkey can only show me the first 10 responses. I'll re-do this survey soon!

The results for those 10 was 3 Windows, 3 Linux, 2 MacOS, 1 NAS, 1 Proxmox. All stable except my answer.

But feel free to comment below what OS you run on, and whether you find it stable! Thanks!

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34 Comments

dmtalon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Docker in unRAID, zero stability issues.

ALERT@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

same

SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org · 7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Ubuntu 22.04

v3ritas@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Another for Ubuntu, & via Docker.

LostElric@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

Ubuntu 22.04 aswell.

FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

Ubuntu 22.04 Server edition here. Very stable in my opinion. I even have a usb xbox tuner attached to an antenna.

whereswardo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

Docker on Unraid

Deckard@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

Docker in Unraid. no issues with stability.

reddig33@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

same

slugworth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Synology DSM7, Intel with hardware acceleration.

Deckard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
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Fermiverse@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Debian 12, LXC on proxmox, x64 system.

kowcop@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y

Same with me.. works great

MeowdyPardner@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Ubuntu 22.04 with docker, no issues it's pretty barebones and easy to manage / update

KitchenNo2246@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Ubuntu 22.04 base with a Plex docker container. ZFS as the file system on my host

mp3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Currently on Ubuntu Server, but I'll likely switch to Debian when I upgrade my server.

Majawat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Why the switch?

mp3@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

Ubuntu is based on Debian, so I figured I should just get on the source distro.

buddwm@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Arch Linux!

kratoz29@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Synology NAS and Nvidia Shield TV, same content on both (NAS content).

smallerdemon@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)
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Majawat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Do you have any issues with it crashing?

smallerdemon@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
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Tandybaum@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I was amazed as a I scrolled that I was going to be the only one that said windows. Glad there are at least 2 of us.

nevernevermore@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

native server app on DSM 7 (synology ds918+)

its great for direct play, but when it starts having to transcode 4K x265 content the CPU can't always hack it. But yeah, if you're direct playing everything then it's not an issue

a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

I run the snap version of Plex in an Ubuntu VM running in hyper-v on windows 11 pro. Unfortunately, my gaming computer and server are the same machine, and anti-cheat forces me to use windows as the host OS.

chamaeleon@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

A Fedora Linux container on Proxmox. I have no stability issues really.

astrsk@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

Truenas Scale (Debian)

scottmeme@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

TrueNas Core and TrueNas Scale

Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

I've been running Plex directly on Ubuntu for more than a decade. Setting up a Linux box takes some learning, but I've barely had to touch mine since I got it configured. It is very stable.

extrahazmat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

On a windows VM. Never had stability issues. Also pass through a P400 for transcoding.

knobbysideup@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

Rocky as a proxmox guest. DVR library is local storage for performance reasons. All other libraries are NFS from my ds920.

Cybersteel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Arch

johnnyfive@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Debian 11-12, few updates and a lot of stability

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 2 pts · 3y

Debian 11 container here on proxmox

Concept1037@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Running it on a Synology, and streaming through a Chromecast. It works great, some encoding issues sometimes and issues with subtitles, but other than that it’s fine.