Hi
I currently have a dilemma that hopefully you might be able to help me decide. This question might be relevant if you have tried various flavour of Linux with Kodi installed.
I've been using LibreElec for almost a year, and I love this flavour for my media center.
To enhance my media center experience, I also installed couple of docker containers, such as:
- sabnzbd
- sonarr
- plex server
The dilemma that I have is, I want to make this to be my central data storage for my files (including backup to cloud, such as backblaze / crashplan / google photos, etc) too; I know that some might say, just build another server/NAS and use this one for Kodi purposes only; but I'd like to cut down the electricity usage and use only a single server box.
If I want to do this (make it as a central data storage + entertainment unit), I need to spend extra time to find out the perfect docker containers (or even build one from scratch) that will fit the purpose.
Furthermore, with LibreElec, I'm not sure whether it is going to be a secure enough platform to save private files; consider there are some limitations (from memory, the ssh password is defaulted to libreelec, although I managed to use public/private key right now, so it's no longer an issue)
If I go with Ubuntu, I might lose the flexibility of just 'login' to kodi when I boot up the machine, which is one of the great feature I use for non-techie member of family (although I believe ubuntu can be configured that way…but still it requires some config again)
What do you guys think?
I haven't used LibreElec, but I'm sure it's more than capable of doing your backups. I would stick with LibreElec over Ubuntu if you're happy with its UI.
You've changed the default password, so that's good. If you're behind a firewall at home (i.e. unless you live in a datacentre, you are) the security on your end is more than enough, the cloud provider is the point to worry about.
How much data do you need to store "in the cloud"?