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Weekly Highlights
It's no secret to regular readers of this newsletter that I'm still an avid Plex user. Despite the numerous privacy concerns, price increases, and recent (confusing) primary domain redirect from plex.tv to watch.plex.tv, I still find the transition to Jellyfin a hard sell given its fragmentation and smattering of third-party clients that are all good but not really great (oh, and hello to the Lemmy readers who always roast me for this take).
This week, that changed. As of a few days ago, the Jellyfin client for Samsung TVs has officially made it to the Tizen Store. And while this may not seem like a huge feat, consider Samsung's popularity and the convoluted process users were previously required to follow (as a matter of fact, having to build Jellyfin for my Samsung TV is what originally sent me crawling back to Plex).
At this point, I'd say we're one Kometa and one Tautulli short from seriously making me reconsider my media streaming allegiances (and don't @ me with Tautulli alternatives for Jellyfin if they don't include a weekly "what's new" newsletter).
Other events and happenings you should be aware of from the week:
- Home Assistant dropped its February update and is officially renaming 'add-ons' to 'apps' while also leaning heavily into a relatively new device database the team's building to help users navigate compatibility
- Pushover, a popular push notification service in the self-hosted community, picked up native Webhook support (primarily built for apps and services that don't have a built-in Pushover integration)
- Raspberry Pi is upping their prices again, unsurprisingly, citing AI infrastructure roll-out as the primary reason for the increase
- Projects across the community are looking for feedback from self-hosters – consider joining a discussion on the future of Meelo (music streaming server) or participating in Unraid's 2026 customer survey
- Notepad++, a popular text editor (that I also personally use to manage my infrastructure), published findings on external actors that were able to intercept download traffic for six months in 2025 (update ASAP if you haven't already)
- Last week I introduced you to Museck – a Plex streaming plugin for the Steam Deck. This week, meet Ampdeck – a Plexamp plugin for the Stream Deck. (Is "Yeah, but can it run Plex?" becoming a new meme??)
Happy selfh.st/ing!
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