Surprised there is so much support for Plex…considering what this group is about, and Plex being in bed with the media conglomerates.

Emby or Jellyfin…

You say minimalist, no bs… I’d actually give that crown to Server 2019 or Server 2022.

Even Windows 10 LTSC (2019 / 2021) comes with more bs than the previous LTSB 2015 / 2016 versions.

Plex has been dead for years now. They have been trying to distance themselves from “piracy” for years… throw in some telemetry behind the scenes… and I have no clue why people still run Plex.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/plex-is-coming-under-fire-for-piracy/

https://torrentfreak.com/courts-sentence-men-for-pirating-thousands-of-movies-tv-shows-including-via-plex-210325/

"Earlier this month the conclusion of another file-sharing case was reported by SØIK. Following a process at the Copenhagen City Court, a 35-year-old man was convicted of downloading and sharing 9,440 movies.

According to SØIK, the movies were made available “to at least 21 users via a server” and for this offense, he was sentenced to 30 days probation. TorrentFreak requested additional information from anti-piracy group Rights Alliance which has now revealed a completely different type of case.

In December 2019, Rights Alliance filed a criminal complaint against a Denmark resident after discovering he was running a Plex server containing copyrighted content.

“It was a Plex server running on a NAS-server and operated from a Mac Mini. The owner and operator of the Plex server shared the content with friends and family. They were sent a password by mail,” the group explains.

While the Plex software is entirely legal, like other media software it can be put to illegal uses. Prosecutions are extremely rare, especially when people only share their libraries with close friends and family, but in this case Rights Alliance felt a criminal case was warranted.

TF asked Rights Alliance if those who accessed the server face any action but the group would only confirm that they were users of the server. Meanwhile, the convicted operator must pay for the legal proceedings and abide by a settlement agreement with rightsholders, the terms of which remain confidential."

Right here is the way… no need to “pirate” RHEL.

When you sign up for the FREE developer account… you actually get 16 instances/entitlements you can run… and you can renew your access yearly… for free of course…

Coincidental after their earnings call, as their streaming portion posted narrow losses