QNAP 4.3.3 now limited, how best to use

Hi all,

I recently had the luxury of receiving for free a QNAP T-420U. Originally i would have liked to use it as both the media library and the terminal from which would be streamed the content (mostly music but maybe later films as well), but i discovered that i can't install Soulseek nor even Plex..

If i realize that it's an old unit, running on a Marvell 1.6GHz and not an Intel/AMD. Yet, it should still be a capable one i think...

So what do you think is best :

1. Buying a mini-PC to handle all the software and streaming, then connect QNAP as network folder

2. Getting rid of QNAP OS and installing Linux, then Plex and Soulseek (or will i face the same issues nevertheless becaue of CPU ?)

Thanks a lot in advance ! :)

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