Best OS for Arr suite, Proton VPN, and Plex (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So as I look to build my first dedicated media server, I’m curious about what OS options I have which will check all the boxes. I’m interested in Unraid, and if there’s a Linux distro that works especially well I’d be willing to check that out as well. I just want to make sure that whatever I pick, I can use qbittorrent, Proton, and get the Arr suite working

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[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno what the best is, but if you choose nixos configure openvpn instead of trying to use the protonvpn package.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just wanted to add that Wireguard is better than OpenVPN in every way and you should use that except when you want to use it for torrenting. I don't know remember the reason but that's the one time when you should be using OpenVPN. I think it had something to do with OpenVPN supporting TCP and Wireguard being UDP only or something like that.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wireguard uses UDP which results in better latency and power usage (e.g. mobile). This does not mean Wireguard can't tunnel TCP packets, just like OpenVPN also supports tunneling UDP.

I'm using Wireguard succesfully for torrenting.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

As a note: while UDP is preferable for stability/power usage, UDP VPN traffic is often blocked by corporate firewalls (work, public free wifi, etc) and won't connect at all. I run OpenVPN using TCP on a standard port like 80/443/22/etc to get through this, disguised as any other TLS connection.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Good point. Setting up shadowsocks and tunneling wireguard through is on my to-do list. I believe ss also works over TCP so it should work reliably in filtered networks.

[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

interesting. proton has example openvpn configs on their site which was hugely helpful to me. dunno if they have wireguard equivalents, or if those are needed.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be weird if they didn't have Wireguard configs, Wireguard is basically the standard nowadays. It's faster and safer (the code base is way smaller, so the chance of there being security vulnerabilities is a lot lower and can be fixed more easily).

[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like they do have both openvpn and wireguard configs. Is it true that for torrenting openvpn is preferred? That's basically the only reason I use vpn.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think so. The main reason I use OpenVPN for that is just that that's what Gluetun uses. You should search that up online tho, I don't really remember why OpenVPN is better.