1w ago

Bored. Give me a good "Living room PC" distro

Points for something I've never tried.

Edit: Think I'll just blast Bazzite on it. The recent Gnome scales well and it has nice performance tweaks.
Cheers

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Linux pretty much just doesn't work on TV. No streaming platforms have Linux support, unfortunately.
Bazzite, Chimera, Nobara all have a pretty sweet SteamOS-like distro, if you're after gaming and have AMD GPU.
- I think you misunderstood, hence the downvotes.
  OP is asking what a good distro is for a media center PC, as in the PC's video output will be connected to the TV's video input. At which point Linux does not give two shits.
  Sounds like you thought they wanted to stream/cast via some TV app or something, but that just sounds like a nightmare and I'm not sure that anyone would even want to try to do that. Just run Linux and use the TV as a big monitor, be done with smart TV garbage.
  
  I didn't misunderstand anything. The downvotes are just from salty Linux users who think piracy tools are a direct replacement for streaming services.
  A media center is nothing without streaming apps.
  
  Piracy tools are a direct replacement for streaming services. Thats kind of the point of them. In fact they are better.
  
  piracy tools 😂
- Linux doesn't work on TV
  proceeds to name 3 distros that not only work but do gaming
  My brother in Christ…
  
  I mean could have just read the next sentence and that would have cleared up your confusion...
  
  The next sentence that incorrectly implies AMD is at all a necessity for those distros?
  
  That's not what I said.
  That would not be the next sentence. Try again.
  
  It was the next sentence after the list of distros referenced in the response to you, and it is still very misleading at best.
  But, yeah, the second sentence. There's a huge difference between an HTPC and an Amazon stick, Roku, or "smart" TV.
  Those have apps and must be supported by "platforms" because they are limited hardware with a limited OS.
  YouTube and Netflix don't need to "support" Linux any more than they need to support Windows for an HTPC.
  If that's not what you're saying, you'll probably want to elaborate because I expect there are plenty of readers giving your comment a "wha...?"
  "E" - since Buddy is trying to imply I changed my comment after he responded, no. I added clarity within a couple minutes, changing no ideas. Talk about gaslighting with this guy.
  
  It was the next sentence
  You're just lying. And I don't know why because everyone can see it. You're not fooling anyone and you're not accomplishing anything.
  There's a huge difference between an HTPC and an Amazon stick, Roku, or "smart" TV.
  Yes there is, in that a PC is much more versatile. But streaming services are a basic function of HTPC.
  YouTube and Netflix don't need to "support" Linux any more than they need to support Windows for an HTPC.
  Yes...they do? And they do support Windows.
  E: the comment above was edited and they continued to double down and argue instead of just admitting that they made a mistake.
  
  I'm... lying?
  No, it's pretty clear now that you're quite confused about the difference between apps and services.
  And they do support Windows.
  Oh god, tell me you're not using the windows store apps for these services on a PC. Even my Alpha kids know better than that.
  Seriously, how can someone be even a little familiar with Linux and be so wrong about internet services working on Linux?
  And your attitude is just... something else.
  
  I'm... lying? No, it's pretty clear now that you're quite confused about the difference between apps and services.
  Your lying has nothing to do with apps and services and everything to do with gaslighting people in this thread into believing you weren't wrong instead of just admitting you made a dumb mistake.
  Seriously, how can someone be even a little familiar with Linux and be so wrong about internet services working on Linux?
  That's a great question, how can you?
  And your attitude is just... something else.
  Sorry I don't take being gaslit very well.
  
  Jesus, Buddy. It's not gaslighting to explain how I interpreted your comment, and it's starting to sound like your angry responses are to avoid explaining your position.
  Please explain to the class exactly what you mean by services not supporting Linux. No "obviously you know and are just pretending to make me look bad" stuff.
  Explain like we're 5.
  
  It's not gaslighting to explain how I interpreted your comment
  Oh good now you're gaslighting me about gaslighting.
  and it's starting to sound like your angry responses are to avoid explaining your position.
  I'm not angry, and I've already explained my position.
  Please explain
  In the extremely unlikely case that you're legitimately just bad at counting, I advise you to scroll up and try again. If you cannot do that then I literally cannot help you. Restating my explanation will not help you.
  We're done here.
- @Ulrich @Reygle There are Android televisions, Android uses a Linux kernel, some of them you can jailbreak, once you get access you can install whatever you like and remove what you don't.
  
  Yes but we all know no one talks about Linux and is referring to Android.
  
  @Ulrich I have an android tablet with an termio on it, basically gives me an x-term with an ssh connection. Can also look around locally. Granted they've really screwed up the file system layout, much like Mac fucked up BSD, but it is recognizably Linux.
  
  ...cool?

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