Reading this thread, it seems like two different groups of people are having two different conversations.

For me, self-hosting is just that, running my own stuff at home for myself (and my immediate family). My motivation is privacy and freedom. I want to use services that are free of commercial incentives against my interests whenever possible. That usually means self-hosting my services.

I've been a system and network engineer for most of my career and I like configuring and managing stuff. I like knowing how everything on my home network runs, where and what data is shared, etc.

As soon as people start talking about "my users need ..." I'm out. That sounds too much like what I do at work. I want to relax when I'm at home. Jellyfin is perfect for me to do that with my content without needing any of my data to go to any companies.

For everyone who wants to be an IPTV operator, Plex is the best choice right now. Jellyfin isn't really focused on that use case.

OK hear me out, so I've been out drinking but I had this idea. You need to know when the save is done, right? Assuming you are on linux, you could use itnotify to alert you each time a save completes of your gimp files by ringing the console bell. Then you know you can't quit until you hear the bell.

I don't know if it would work. Maybe something like this

#!/bin/bash  

# Target directory to watch (where the gimp files are)  
WATCH_DIR="$HOME/Projects"  

echo "Listening for completed GIMP saves in $WATCH_DIR..."  

# Monitor for files closed after being written to  
inotifywait -m -r -e close_write --format '%f' "$WATCH_DIR" | while read -r FILE  
do  
    # Check if the modified file is a GIMP file (.xcf)  
    if [[ "$FILE" == *.xcf ]]; then  
        echo "Finished saving: $FILE"  
        
        # Trigger the system bell (or substitute with an 'aplay' command for a custom sound)  
        echo -e "\a" 
    fi  
done  

WhatI've noticed is that people who prioritize privacy and just want to watch their downloads on their tv usually use jellyfin and people who prioritize ux slickness and want to run an IPTV service for their friends and family usually use plex.

I'm happy to pay for it. Its far from perfect but its the best search engine I can find.

Why do people miss the Piñata right in front of them after being blindfolded and spun around?

ugh this one time i was visiting a friend in nyc. maybe like 2010. she takes me to this party and i see this guy there wearing a limewire shirt. so i go up and ask him bro do you work for limewire? he says "naw man but i used to" and my mind is blown so i ask him what it was like and he thinks for a sec and then he says "it was wild man" and i didn't even know what to say after that.

I'm using the packages included in Trixie and its been very stable for me.

You can indeed find it at finer truck stops and old conveniences stores in the middle of no where. These days I just order by mail. This might be what you seek https://msmeats.com/pages/the-original-1945-cowboy-jerky-dry-tough-and-proudly-old-school

You'll be happy to know that good old fashioned delicious tooth buster beef jerky is still widely available.

Gkrellm is the stack of status indicators on the left side. It's old system monitor software and it works with modern hardware. Enlightenment has a small learning curve to get the most out of it but, if you ask me, its worth it. Its the most light weight and efficient DE and it looks great. Everything is customizable as well.