Plex Media Server is the backend for the Plex media system. Plex's frontend media player, Plex Home Theater, is Windows/Mac only; however, you can stream your local files on Linux from your web browser. Plex Home Theater allows the user to manage and play video, photos, music, and podcasts from a local or remote computer running Plex Media Server. Plex Media Server runs as plex:plex (UID/GID 279) with its $HOME as /var/lib/plexmediaserver: # groupadd -g 279 plex # useradd -u 279 -d /var/lib/plexmediaserver -s /bin/false -g plex plex After installing, grab an account from https://www.plex.tv and visit http://localhost:32400/web configure your server.