Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network? Why build your own Linux server? It's a good question. The answer is simple: ...

So I finally settled on the following.... (Goal is to server 2 to 3 people w/ transcoding, run a VM or two, and run Plex, CouchPotato, SickRage, etc).... Way, way, waaay overkill on PSU. Seasonic G ...

Whether it's music or movies, my content is all over the place. From rare films I have on DVD to music that's been trapped in iTunes for the better part of a decade, it's a nightmare. Nothing lives in ...

Sick of paying for streaming services like HBO Max and Netflix? Black Friday might be your last chance to grab discounted hardware for a Plex media server. I should note that Plex hardware transcoding ...

In one hour, you can set up your own Linux server on Amazon's cloud. No kidding. It really is that easy. Here's how. There are all kinds of Linux servers. The most complicated of these require you to ...

Anyone who wants to watch films on their home Plex server while on vacation or share content with friends will need a paid subscription in future. Users of the Plex media server who want to use their ...

Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more. March 4, ...

Full disclosure, I'm totally new to linux, networking and servers. I suppose I should start with what I want to do to see if all of it is even possible and what the best (read: easiest) course of ...

Anyone with an iPhone probably is familiar with the AirVideo application. Basically, it's the combination of a server app that runs on your Windows or OS X machine, and it serves video over the ...

Who needs Netflix when you have Plex, the media server software that runs locally and lets you stream your own local video files? I’ve been hosting my own Plex server on a Raspberry Pi 5 for a few ...

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PCWorld demonstrates using Google’s Gemini AI to diagnose Plex Media Server issues through a systematic four-phase checkup process. The AI initially misdiagnosed an old SD card causing I/O errors as a ...