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[–] 2FortGaming@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Any recommendations for Linux distros for a Jellyfin server?

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 9 months ago

Debian and Ubuntu have the most docs and guides If you know what you're doing nixos or ucore would be pretty unbreakable Paid for product I love Unraid

Trash guides is pretty good for getting started https://trash-guides.info/

[–] dirt_character@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I have my jellyfin container running in podman on Alpine Linux.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I set mine up with Debian and Swizzin community edition.

[–] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago
[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I just downloaded the .deb (unless it was an AppImage) and it ran without further tweaking.