I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well.

It gets relegated to playing Fraggle Rock and Bluey on repeat for my kiddo these days, but I am absolutely in love with the software.

What are some other FOSS gems that are a better experience UX/UI-wise than their proprietary counterparts?

EDIT: Autocorrect turned something into “smaller” instead of what I meant it to be when I wrote this post, and I can’t remember what I meant for it to say so it got axed instead.

  • Polar
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    1 year ago

    Emby is just straight up better. I know people hold a grudge, but honestly it’s a fair price for a lifetime membership, the development is super polished and the product is way more capable.

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        1 year ago

        Okay. Then you can skip past my comment.

        I’m free to share my opinion, thanks.

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          1 year ago

          Of course you can share your opinion but it’s not relevant in the current context. That’s what’s been criticised.

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            1 year ago

            Sorry sir, didn’t realize you follow such a tight ship here. You should punish yourself for posting that reply to me, as it’s not a discussion about FOSS

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      1 year ago

      I tried Emby before Jellyfin and found it too absurd to pay for serving media that I own from a server that I own.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think it’s absurd to pay for a developer’s time.