I switched from Plex to jellyfin solely for that reason

Also hw accell being free in jelly aswell

i wouldn’t say that it’s unrealistic.

The “Problem” is however, that there are a gazillion different approaches to everything. And everyone will tell you their method and maybe even badmouth other peoples methods… That way you don’t really know what to do anymore.

Imho, don’t install them in a VM. Get yourself a new cheap SSD. Unplug the one with windows on it and just install a well-known Linux distro that has a big open community on your PC.

If you want something Arch-based: I’d highly recommend you Garuda-Linux. Don’t get scared off by it’s … flashy default looks. This can be changed very easily. But they have one of the most welcomming and helpful communities i have ever witnessed. They aren’t really here or on reddit, but rather have their own forum.

This thing will give you everything you need to start. And if something breaks, it does automatic snapshots of your system everytime you install a new package. So if something breaks, you turn off…turn on…and in the boot menu you’ll find your snapshots. Pick the last working one. and that’s it. Good to go again.

But these are just my 2 cents…