Linux @lemmy.ml NaNin @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2mo ago

10 foot ui / htpc other than Kodi?

I'm looking for a sleek ui that'll support firefox, jellyfin, and steam. I would prefer not to use kodi.

I found this project I might try https://github.com/dudewheresmycode/TenFootGnome

Any suggestions?

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Why not plasma bigscreen its more maintained.

Also what's wrong with Kodi 21?
- Wow, plasma looks great. Hope it gets official release soon.
  
  right! like more competition in the bigscreen space! kodi is great! but if i want something simpler, kodi is too much
- I'm so excited for this to officially release. As soon as plasma bigscreen is ready and waydroid has an android tv build, I'll probably replace my nvidia shield.
  
  why waydroid? (interested in your plan here)
  
  Do you have any more information on the waydroid android tv build? Very interested in that.
- My experience with kodi is that it's over complicated, and not as robust as jellyfin. I would constantly nav into the wrong menu and the ui is clunky
  
  Why not just use kodi as a jellyfin bootstrapper?
- Can people get Bigscreen anymore?
  
  Kodi is so close to being absolutely perfect
  
  Bigscreen is a new project to my understanding, I would like it to be a thing cause it would fill a nice niche for me that I'm overblowing with Kodi. Kodi is really nice but it feels a little laggy for my system. Maybe I need to tune it for my system.
- Wish I could replace Android on my Nebulas Mars II Pro by Plasma Bigscreen...
  
  why not libeelec?
- I’ve tried this on several different devices over the past year and all I can say is it’s not ready. It feels like alpha software, with many buttons and menus nonfunctional and frequent issues with windows disappearing and compositor crashing. Tried on Xorg and Wayland, as well as builds on ARM and x86
  
  Kodi or plasma?
I use sway or i3 compositor to launch various streaming sites in Chrome or Firefox in kiosk mode. Also Kodi and Steam. I have shortcuts for these mapped to function keys on a combo keyboard touchpad. Works well as support for streaming services in Kodi is not comprehensive

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