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Starting my first home server - defunctmp3 - 2025-11-15
Hi,
I just starting using jellyfin and I am loving it. I currently have it set up on my personal desktop which is not ideal as I don't want to keep my desktop on all the time and I don't have it installed as a windows service so it stops working when the computer sleeps.
I have an old gaming PC I want to turn into a media streaming server but I am unsure about which method to go about it. Ideally I do not want to have a full desktop set up and would rather be able to remote access it through my desktop to manage the files. It currently runs Windows 10 but I was looking into using Ubuntu Server or Linux. Is there methods you guys can recommend that would suit my needs?