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[688.48 β†’ 693.24] And I have a lot of respect for the Plex folks, but it is just what it is now is I'm using Infuse.
[693.52 β†’ 696.56] And you can get it at firecore.com slash Infuse.
[696.76 β†’ 701.36] And they've just recently released a Mac desktop version, too, which is kind of a neat idea, I suppose.
[701.82 β†’ 706.22] I know lots of the audience are frantically screaming at their podcast devices.
[706.34 β†’ 707.24] What about Jellyfin?
[707.40 β†’ 708.12] What about MB?
[708.60 β†’ 709.40] Well, maybe one day.
[709.48 β†’ 712.42] Maybe you and I eventually will become Jellyfin guys in the future.
[712.48 β†’ 712.92] It could happen.
[713.54 β†’ 716.26] I do experiment it from time to time.
[716.32 β†’ 718.04] Have you ever kicked the tires with Jellyfin?
[718.04 β†’ 718.68] I have.
[718.98 β†’ 720.02] And I went back to Plex.
[720.98 β†’ 721.50] Okay.
[721.66 β†’ 721.98] Sorry.
[722.80 β†’ 725.36] I mean, it's pretty good for what it is.
[725.90 β†’ 727.72] It's just Plex has a head start.
[728.10 β†’ 736.80] And the fit and finish of the UI and the experience I have there is much better on Plex than Jellyfin.
[737.28 β†’ 738.56] What would it take for you to switch?
[738.56 β†’ 745.80] I think when it's suitable for my family members, you know, that they have a lot of time invested in learning.
[746.28 β†’ 748.56] Plex has various UI changes over the years.
[748.94 β†’ 751.84] And they kind of figured out how it works now for the most part.
[751.84 β†’ 756.82] Once Jellyfin's at that kind of level of polish, it's just not yet, though.
[756.82 β†’ 760.24] Linode.com slash SSH.
[760.34 β†’ 763.20] Linde is the largest independent cloud computing provider.
[763.34 β†’ 769.12] And when you go to Linode.com slash SSH, you'll get $100 in 60-day credit towards a new account.
[769.32 β†’ 770.92] And you can go there to support the show, too.
[771.46 β†’ 773.18] We were just talking about media servers.
[773.18 β†’ 778.46] Well, Linde has a one-click application deployment for Plex if you want to get a Plex server up in the cloud,
[778.56 β†’ 781.60] which is a great way to share with friends and family at superfast streaming speeds.
[782.00 β†’ 784.92] Of course, you could just build your own stack and deploy Jellyfin or anything you'd like.
[785.02 β†’ 789.24] And no matter what skill level you're at or what technology stack you're familiar with using,
[789.72 β†’ 791.50] Linde will help you get it going online.
[791.62 β†’ 793.64] They have a really easy-to-use dashboard.
[794.08 β†’ 798.02] And if you have any trouble getting things going or run into any kind of problem,
[798.02 β†’ 803.46] Linde has amazing, fantastic, great, outrageously good customer support.
[803.68 β†’ 805.66] By phone or ticket, they're going to help you get it solved.
[805.72 β†’ 810.42] If you've got one rig, or you're like me, and you're crossing, like, the 15-rig mark or something,
[810.50 β†’ 812.98] I mean, it's getting crazy because we use Linde for everything.
[813.08 β†’ 815.16] And it's not just, like, haphazardly.
[815.84 β†’ 817.48] We think about every machine we deploy.
[817.68 β†’ 821.42] And we decide, okay, is this going to be the machine that is just a dedicated box?
[821.42 β†’ 824.46] Maybe it only runs one application, or it runs just a couple of things.
[824.92 β†’ 827.08] Or is this going to be something like an application server?
[827.08 β†’ 829.72] We have a couple of these, too, where these are more powerful Li nodes.
[830.08 β†’ 833.10] And we run multiple containers on them, running multiple applications,
[833.40 β†’ 839.84] from mail to encoding services to matrix to, well, really, you run the gamut.
[839.86 β†’ 842.58] Anything we're just talking about on the show, we pretty much host it on Linde.
[843.12 β†’ 844.32] People ask me, why, Chris?
[844.34 β†’ 845.62] Because there are a lot of places to host.
[845.76 β†’ 849.94] Well, the reason for that really comes down to a few core things that I think are pretty important.
[850.42 β†’ 852.50] Number one, it is a perfect product.
[852.62 β†’ 853.56] It's very fast.
[853.64 β†’ 855.10] They have 11 data centres worldwide.
[855.10 β†’ 859.74] The interconnects between the data centres, I think, beat what everybody else has, hands down.
[860.08 β†’ 861.36] Linde is their own ISP.
[861.48 β†’ 866.02] So they just have a networking opportunity that people that haven't been around as long don't have.
[866.64 β†’ 871.84] Additionally, their dedicated CPU rigs, they're just faster than other people's dedicated CPU rigs.
[871.96 β†’ 872.70] I like that.
[873.14 β†’ 876.72] Then you factor in that they're really just good Linux-loving folks.
[876.80 β†’ 878.38] They have been since 2003.
[878.38 β†’ 882.16] And that factors into some of the decisions on how they've built the product.
[882.52 β†’ 884.48] And those things appeal to me.
[884.74 β†’ 886.40] They make it easy for me to use.
[886.44 β†’ 888.00] And I feel like it's very simple.
[888.10 β†’ 890.82] But when I need power in that dashboard, it's there.
[890.98 β†’ 894.16] And then there are services like their S3-compatible object storage.
[894.16 β†’ 900.72] Now, this is great because I can use S3 object storage for backup, for configs that I want to store off-site.
[900.80 β†’ 904.56] Or we use it as the back-end storage mechanism for our next cloud instance.
[904.64 β†’ 908.10] So we're not having to sit there and fiddle with different disk sizes like amateurs.
[908.38 β†’ 910.62] We just throw it on the S3 storage.
[910.62 β†’ 915.06] But Linde's so fast that it really is very performant.
[915.20 β†’ 916.70] And it's a great way to build a static website.
[917.14 β†’ 918.82] There's so much you can do there.
[918.90 β†’ 929.10] If you just need something simple like a portfolio website, or if you want to run the back-end infrastructure for your team collaboration or for your e-commerce website, Linde's going to be able to do it all.
[929.18 β†’ 931.34] So go to linode.com slash SSH.
[931.34 β†’ 934.22] Get that $100 60-day credit on your new account.
[934.58 β†’ 936.54] And then just see what it can do.
[937.24 β†’ 938.46] See what we've been talking about.
[938.68 β†’ 940.10] And see why we use it for everything.
[940.62 β†’ 942.46] Linode.com slash SSH.
[943.98 β†’ 947.12] Now what do you do for home assistant wall panels?
[947.20 β†’ 950.78] I recall you bought a Fire tablet a while ago, right?
[951.12 β†’ 952.26] I have a couple of them now, yep.
[952.42 β†’ 957.90] I have a 10-inch one and a 7-inch one that I have mounted in the Lady Joop's RV.
[958.32 β†’ 959.20] How are they working out for you?
[959.22 β†’ 959.60] Do you like them?
[959.60 β†’ 960.60] Pretty good.
[960.80 β†’ 961.74] Pretty good.
[961.98 β†’ 963.72] Not very good performance.
[964.04 β†’ 969.88] And also one of them, even though I bought the no-ads model, has ads on the lock screen.
[970.10 β†’ 971.52] And I find that frustrating.
[972.08 β†’ 973.86] So the performance is not fantastic.
[974.02 β†’ 981.76] But just sitting there with a web page up, and after I install an app, after I sideload an app like an animal to keep the screen on, they get the job done.
[981.76 β†’ 982.18] All right.
[982.18 β†’ 983.38] Well, I've got a solution for you.
[983.38 β†’ 993.10] My wife has, or had, it's mine now, a Fire 7-inch HD tablet from 2015.
[993.10 β†’ 998.08] We paid Β£35 for this tablet six years ago.
[999.02 β†’ 1001.40] You know, the battery is crap.
[1001.74 β†’ 1003.62] I mean, the battery was crap when it was new.