Lubuntu Media Server

Notes.md

Disable GUI at Boot

• As per Ask Ubuntu

# /etc/default/grub
# Change `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"` to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

sudo update-grub

Stop Lightdm in Systemd

• As per Ask Ubuntu
• Other systemd commands

sudo systemctl disable lightdm.service

systemctl start lightdm.service

Install Plex Server

• As per Plex Support
• Configuration as per htpc guides
• Use the web interface at ip:32400/web

echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/ public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt update
sudo apt install plexmediaserver

# add plex to your user group
sudo usermod -aG USERNAME plex

# chane the media folder permissions
sudo chmod -R 775 /path/to/media

Copy Files over SSH

scp file1.txt file2.txt user@other:~/path/to/folder

Monitor System Temperature

• As per Ask Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors 
sudo sensors-detect
sensors

# to watch it
watch -n 1 sensors

Sleep and Hibernate

• As per Ask Ubuntu

sudo pm-suspend
sudo pm-hibernate
sudo pm-suspend-hybrid