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Canvas! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Barcode Scanner (F-Droid) is another app that will decode a QR code from an image.

Is there a linux distro (or just a DE) that can be used like a Smart TV in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (12 children)

That looks amazing! Are the icons you have there, for example, Netflix, is that a desktop shortcut to open up the browser and load the website?

Your use case is very similar to mine. Thank you for sharing.

Is there a linux distro (or just a DE) that can be used like a Smart TV in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I tried Kodi in the past but switched over to Emby. Not 100% sure if there is an Emby plugin but the wife and kids are use to the Emby interface.

Plasma Bigscreen looks very cool but spent time trying to figure out why some of the widgets on the main screen loads up then freeze. Like the Mycroft widget, for example.

Also trying to figure out why apps like Kate appears twice under Applications.

I have not tried Bliss OS. Looks very interesting so I will take a look. Thank you for that one.

Is there a linux distro (or just a DE) that can be used like a Smart TV in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I used Kodi in the past as a standalone app but then switched over to Emby. I have Emby set to play my media and also setup to play stations on my custom IPTV server. Installing the Emby client on my mobile or or using the browser will have access to that media since I set that up on the Emby server. Wife and the kids are use to the interface too. Have to keep them happy.

Also I would like to install some Linux compatible games on it.

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Is there a linux distro (or just a DE) that can be used like a Smart TV (programming.dev)
 

I don't want to use Osmc or LibreELEC. What I'm going for is something like Android TV (tried using LineageOS but that didn't work out for me).

I was interested in something like Plasma Bigscreen but most of the tutorial is about 4 years old and point to using an old image.

I installed the Debian package. After that, I logged in and set Automatic login, and switch the session to Plasma Bigscreen (x11). After applying and a reboot, it launched Plasma Bigscreen but some widgets (like the audio, KDE Connect) froze when clicking on them.

What do you recommend? I prefer to use a Raspberry Pi.