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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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I use a J5040-ITX ATM. I know it says Pentium but don't take that for granted. This chip is really just a lower binned i3 throttled enough to be passively cooled.

I run Plex as a docker-compose workload and bind mount /dev/dri which passes Intels quick sync accelerator into the container for Plex to use.

This enabled hw encoding. I also make sure I can direct stream from all of my clients. This setup can handle a few 4k streams and several 1080p streams.

I mainly use it hoard to losseless music and hard to find cartoons / movies.

I have an upgrade to a Pi Cluster planned but I don't recommend it unless you specifically want to run Pis.