Docker in unRAID, zero stability issues.

Ubuntu 22.04

Docker in Unraid. no issues with stability.

Synology DSM7, Intel with hardware acceleration.

Docker on Unraid

Debian 12, LXC on proxmox, x64 system.

Docker in Unraid. no issues with instability.

Arch Linux!

Synology NAS and Nvidia Shield TV, same content on both (NAS content).

Ubuntu 22.04 with docker, no issues it's pretty barebones and easy to manage / update

native server app on DSM 7 (synology ds918+)

its great for direct play, but when it starts having to transcode 4K x265 content the CPU can't always hack it. But yeah, if you're direct playing everything then it's not an issue

I run the snap version of Plex in an Ubuntu VM running in hyper-v on windows 11 pro. Unfortunately, my gaming computer and server are the same machine, and anti-cheat forces me to use windows as the host OS.

Currently on Ubuntu Server, but I'll likely switch to Debian when I upgrade my server.

TrueNas Core and TrueNas Scale

A Fedora Linux container on Proxmox. I have no stability issues really.

Ubuntu 22.04 base with a Plex docker container. ZFS as the file system on my host

Truenas Scale (Debian)

On a windows VM. Never had stability issues. Also pass through a P400 for transcoding.

Debian 11-12, few updates and a lot of stability

Running it on a Synology, and streaming through a Chromecast. It works great, some encoding issues sometimes and issues with subtitles, but other than that it’s fine.

Arch

I've been running Plex directly on Ubuntu for more than a decade. Setting up a Linux box takes some learning, but I've barely had to touch mine since I got it configured. It is very stable.

Rocky as a proxmox guest. DVR library is local storage for performance reasons. All other libraries are NFS from my ds920.

DietPi (debian)