Plex on OpenSUSE

Hi,

I’ve recently switched to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed after leaving Linux Mint due to a number of odd issues I’ve had/bugs/weird updates issues, etc. I had Plex installed on Mint via the Snap but I think I’d rather install natively this time (and several Plex-ers have told me to avoid it using the Snap). On my install, I was having some severe CPU usage issues where all 4 core/8 threads are pushed to 100% (similar it seems to what some have experienced with Docker installs). It seems that Plex and the Snap were both causing some of this, hence why I’m looking to switch to the native install.

I know Plex is available via downloaded RPMs. I’ve seen some old threads from a few years back that say that Plex doesn’t play well with OpenSUSE. Has this been remedied? Does it install and run OK now on OpenSUSE? Is there anything I need to know before proceeding? Or am I stuck with a Snap or Flatpak or Docker if I want to run Plex on OpenSUSE? I know all the distros are more modern now so I’m hoping Plex with run/install natively without any difficulty. I’ve also just found the article saying that Plex has added repository support for easy updating in many distros (including OpenSUSE). This is great. I hope it means Plex works in oS now. :slight_smile: Any info, advice, or thoughts would be brilliant! I’m hoping to install soon and get everything moved over.

Just go ahead with the RPM :wink:

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And forgot, after install, look here: https://support.plex.tv/articles/235974187-enable-repository-updating-for-supported-linux-server-distributions/

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It works quite well on openSUSE for me. The current official instructions aren’t really applicable to openSUSE though.

I documented better instructions here: SUSE PMS Install Feedback

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