Server discontinued .Deb files on Linux

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Hiya! I am not a developer or very tech savvy! I have all my movies on an external drive. I would love to add them to my movies library, but .Deb files have been discontinued and replaced with something called Baguette/Crostini:

ntroduction of Baguette

We are excited to announce the next generation of architecture for Linux on ChromeOS, which we are calling Baguette. Baguette differs from the classic Crostini experience by removing the use of containers - the Linux development environment will now run directly in a virtualized guest.

By moving to this new architecture, we will be able to offer various improvements, including:

  • Faster installation and startup times.
  • Dropping of dated dependencies on lxc, which will allow for e.g. cgroups v2 support.
  • More direct access to the virtualized guest from Crostini, enabling e.g. mounting of swap files in the host.
  • Ability to run own containers, e.g. docker, podman, etc.

Baguette will be the default installation on ChromeOS starting from M147, but can be controlled by means of the #containerless-crostini flag in chrome://flags.

At the moment, we only offer new installs of baguette, but watch this space for instructions on upgrading existing installations.

Feature Deprecations

Unfortunately, we have decided to deprecate some features on Linux on ChromeOS. These include:

  • UI-based Debian upgrade.
  • UI-based install/uninstall of Linux apps (.deb files).
  • Multi-container support.
  • Support for ansible-based container setup.

Can I use an existing server option or can I now not install Media Server at all?

Many thanks!

Tracy

Are you running your Plex Media Server on a ChromeOS-based device? From what I’ve seen, they’ve only deprecated UI-based installs/upgrades of .deb packages.

Yes I am. I don’t know which server to choose… All I know is it’s Linux. And the .deb files aren’t working.

You might try posting in https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/ and ask how to install .deb files using Baguette.

A quick Google search for “How install .deb file in ChromeOS Baguette?” mentions using the Linux terminal instead of the GUI interface.

The info in your first post mentions Docker containers, so running Plex in a Docker container might be an option as well.