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Yes Ubuntu can read NTFS. And yes, I've found Plex runs happily on low spec Linux machines. Running mine on an Ubuntu VM with 2GB ram allocated quite happily.
Plex install on Linux is very easy from memory.
any special deployment of Ubuntu required as far as drivers go? I know you can just chuck it on from a live USB but I've never actually optimized anything. Frankly, it runs like crap on Windows.
Depends on your hardware. I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 onto an old Dell laptop with zero issues. If you're using new hardware you're more likely to have issues.
Nah its a Optiplex 7070, nothing fancy so hopefully plays out the same as yours. thanks heaps!
I think 7070s are relatively old, so you should be fine? I've never installed Linux onto an optiplex though.
Iโm literally running Plex on a Synology DS220+ NAS with all the usual addons in docker containers. I only use it locally and have had zero issues (Besides it getting laggy when downloading from Usenet at nearly 1gbps but Iโll give that a pass)