u/dolla64

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I'll try and keep this short, as I can be a little verbose. Here is the short version:

1. I ran out of spinning disk storage on my PC and wanted to setup a NAS
2. I wanted to rip all my movies to a Plex Server
3. I don't want to spend a lot of money (lol i know)
4. I found everything I wanted (app wise) on TrueNAS scale.
5. I bartered some older HDs for baked goods.
6. Built the TrueNAS server on some old hardware.
7. I hit a wall when I tried to get ARM (automatic ripping machine) as the app built in to the store doesn't work anymore.
8. I spent some time on their discord server asking questions
9. They suggested just using an Ubuntu server and install ARM using docker.
10. I don't know linux...like at all. I have a Home Assistance box, but that was just follow these steps, and it just works.
11. I already have a lot of hardware running in my closet, and I don't have any other cases in the house that can hold that many HDs AND optical drives lol. So I don't want to just add another case/heat source in there.
12. I was mulling over the idea of just wiping the TrueNAS OS and just use Proxmox for everything. TrueNAS and plex and whatever I might need.

Do you all think this is a good way for a noob like me to go? Or should just buckle down and learn linux lol.