Native ZFS on Ubuntu

Add the required PPA to Ubuntu:

apt-add-repository ppa:zfs-native/stable

Update apt packages and use latest kernel available:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Install ZFS:

apt-get install ubuntu-zfs

(this will take a while as it needs several dependent packages and then needs to build the SPL and DKMS for the current kernel - that’s why we ensure latest kernel is installed above)

Use ffmpeg to remove all metadata

ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -map_metadata -1 -c:v copy -c:a copy out.mp4

Create ISO file for folder on OSX

To create a new ISO file called “new.iso” from a folder called “files_for_iso” at the OSX Terminal:

hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o new.iso files_for_iso

Plex on Ubuntu

Download latest Plex ‘.deb’ file from https://plex.tv/downloads
(current version is
0.9.11.1.678)

Install (as root) the required dependencies:

apt-get install avahi-daemon avahi-utils libdaemon0 libavahi-core7 libnss-mdns


Install (as root) Plex itself from the installation already downloaded:

dpkg -i plexmediaserver_0.9.11.1.678-c48ffd2_amd64.deb