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

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    15·
    5 days ago

    Linux pretty much just doesn’t work on TV. No 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.

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      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.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        110·
        5 days ago

        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.

    • 4am@lemm.ee
      42·
      5 days ago

      Linux doesn’t work on TV

      proceeds to name 3 distros that not only work but do gaming

      My brother in Christ…

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        15·
        5 days ago

        I mean could have just read the next sentence and that would have cleared up your confusion…

        • zenpocalypse@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          The next sentence that incorrectly implies AMD is at all a necessity for those distros?

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
            11·
            5 days ago
            1. That’s not what I said.
            2. That would not be the next sentence. Try again.
            • zenpocalypse@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              5 days ago

              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…?”

              • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
                23·
                5 days ago

                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.

    • nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
      01·
      5 days ago

      @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.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        5 days ago

        Yes but we all know no one talks about Linux and is referring to Android.