I have been running Plex Server for many years on Windows 10, but due to some issues with the box not related to Plex I decided to move to an Ubuntu server. I found it strange (being a long time Unix admin) that the file and folder naming conventions stayed the same on Linux for recorded TV shows (with spaces, capitalization, etc). Leading me to the question - is Windows the main platform for the developers?
Looking at the underlying folder structure (e.g. Library > Application Support > ...) that looks an awful lot like that of a Mac. No idea if that’s still the “main development platform” – but I suppose it might have started there.
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Some information regarding the Plex development environment is in the below thread.
FYI, do not use any of the Plex Media Server versions linked in the thread. As mentioned in the last post, the work was incorporated into the 1.23.x releases.
Thanks! That thread linked out to a blog post that was very informative (Preparing Plex Media Server for the next 10 years | by Plex Engineering | Plex Labs | Medium).
FYI: the server devs are using a mix of macOS, Linux and Windows.
Happy to answer any questions about the build/dev environment since that’s what I do around here and few people find it that interesting 
Thanks! I assume it is just my age and using version of Unix over the years that I always was taught to stay away from the long paths, spaces, etc - but modern OSes are fine with it, and it made my recorded shows from Windows Plex Server portable to the new Ubuntu one.
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