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Good server OS for Jellyfin (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by tester1121@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I want to make a server for hosting media through Jellyfin, and maybe some Nextcloud functionality. I prefer to use containers, but something like TrueNAS' extensions/plugins sound good as well. This is my first server, so I don't know what to choose. My possible options are:

Debian
Ubuntu
Fedora
TrueNAS Scale Which one should I choose? I am fine with using either Docker or Podman. (Edit: The server will be running on an old laptop with a single drive slot.)

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[–] kekvrose@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora should be good (in that order); I'm not very aware on truenas to give an opinion, but it seems it will work just as well from other comments.

I personally use Fedora, and it's been a solid experience too, with the only gripe bring SELinux. I required a fix for SELinux, but it has worked flawlessly since.

However SELinux might make it annoying to work with containers, so you could consider either switching it off, using another distro or using appropriate configurations to work with it correctly.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why Ubuntu over Fedora?

[–] kekvrose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

No reason other than the fact that you need extra steps to get Jellyfin working in Fedora.

If you have the patience and time, as I mentioned, you can still use Jellyfin in Fedora.