Hardware / OS

[leo561]

So, I decided after 15+yrs to give Kodi the boot and try Jellyfin instead.

I just upgraded to a new PC and my old PC I'm thinking should be good enough to run as a server.

Here are the specs... for those unfamiliar with Xeon, it's basically in i7-7700 without a built in GPU.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/pJFbsX

Should this be enough for running a server for 2 x TV's, plus a laptop? The TV's are connected using CAT6 ethernet, no WiFi. The server will be Cat6 as well. Laptop is WiFi.

Also... I have about 20min experience with Ubuntu. How hard is it to setup this stuff on a Linux system? I plan to hopefully connect to the server with my PC for dropping new files onto the drives, probably like I do now with mapped network drives. Is there much difference in performance? or just put Win10 on and save myself some grief?

ubuntu server would set you up more than just windows since you can watch your movies on your phone and no matter what your phone is google samsung apple -you can connect to your server via GUI on your PC/Phone to restart it or do whatever no need for keyboard mouse,monitor just connect your server straight to your router/modem, its always accessible there is linux forums on here and people has really helped me out in the past and to help you get up and running but with linux you can make your own cloud service, camera Dvr, your whole home ad blocker, instead of downloading to your pc to transfer movies you can dl straight to your server Quad core xeon you have should be prefect for this.. since the unbuntu OS is lighter than windows it uses less energy