DietPi - Roon server - Some questions

Just had a read of this and can see that it would be really useful for some.
I sync my music using Syncbak so for the few things I need file management for I use DietPi Dashboard and the command line to update things like LMS and AssetUPNP.

Good to see more and more software being included with DietPi while still being defaulted as a very lightweight OS

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Just installed it. Very nice user interface, better than DietPi Dashboard

Torben

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They are not aiming to do the same thing. Yes, this appears nicer (from your screenshot) than the file browser part of DietPi dashboard, but the latter is not the primary purpose of the Dashboard. In fact, I have never used the DietPi Dashboard file browser (I even had to run up the Dashboard to confirm that it even offered this functionality because I couldn’t remember with any certainty :slight_smile: ).

The intersection in functionality between File Browser and Dietpi Dashboard is likely very small indeed.

Nor are they mutually exclusive. You can have both running on the same DietPi installation.

Another alternative is Webmin. This is also supported out of the box with DietPi and it offers a file manager that is closer in appearance and may offer even more functionality - for permissions management, for example.

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I think I will :slight_smile:

Torben

Many are using DietPi, so that they can combine Roon and Plex on the same server.

If you are thinking about a lifetime Plex, than be aware of the upcoming price increase:

As of April 29, 2025, Plex are increasing the price of there Plex Pass subscription. You can still purchase a Lifetime Plex Pass subscription at the current price of $119.99 USD before the increase goes into effect on April 29, 2025. After that date $249.99

Torben

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Have bin running DietPi on my NUC13ANHi7 (Roon Server, Asset UPnP) now for more than 6 months and it works just fine. Never had any problems.

All SW updates (DietPi, Roon etc.) has just been working fine.

The Debian/Linux is more complicated compared to Windows, but I am slowly getting better and better.

Torben

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Yep it just works really well.

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