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!
34 replies
Docker in unRAID, zero stability issues.
same
Ubuntu 22.04
Another for Ubuntu, & via Docker.
Ubuntu 22.04 aswell.
Ubuntu 22.04 Server edition here. Very stable in my opinion. I even have a usb xbox tuner attached to an antenna.
Docker on Unraid
Docker in Unraid. no issues with stability.
same
Synology DSM7, Intel with hardware acceleration.
Debian 12, LXC on proxmox, x64 system.
Same with me.. works great
Arch Linux!
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
Synology NAS and Nvidia Shield TV, same content on both (NAS content).
Do you have any issues with it crashing?
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.
Ubuntu 22.04 base with a Plex docker container. ZFS as the file system on my host
Ubuntu 22.04 with docker, no issues it's pretty barebones and easy to manage / update
Currently on Ubuntu Server, but I'll likely switch to Debian when I upgrade my server.
Why the switch?
Ubuntu is based on Debian, so I figured I should just get on the source distro.
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.
Arch
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.
On a windows VM. Never had stability issues. Also pass through a P400 for transcoding.
Truenas Scale (Debian)
Debian 11-12, few updates and a lot of stability
Debian 11 container here on proxmox
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.
A Fedora Linux container on Proxmox. I have no stability issues really.
Rocky as a proxmox guest. DVR library is local storage for performance reasons. All other libraries are NFS from my ds920.
TrueNas Core and TrueNas Scale