On 2021-02-05, Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com> wrote: > On Friday, 5 February 2021 03:34:12 GMT Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: > >> I am using plex-media-server from this overlay without systemd. It is >> not required.
Indeed it's not. I added the overlay with 'eselect reository', did a sync+upate, and it installed and worked with zero fuss. > Wouldn't a binary distro, potentially purpose built as a NAS and/or HTPC > offering, make more sense? I don't see what advantage the maintenance burden > of a Gentoo system has to offer in this use case, other than repurposing with > little effort an existing Gentoo installation. :-/ Perhaps, but my plex-meida-server isn't running on an HTPC. It runs on my normal desktop machine with which I do software development and other day-to-day stuff. -- Grant