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

    • @madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      16•4 months 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.

    • @4am@lemm.ee
      14•4 months ago

      Linux doesn’t work on TV

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

      My brother in Christ…

            • @zenpocalypse@lemm.eeEnglish
              2•4 months 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…?”

              “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.

                • @zenpocalypse@lemm.eeEnglish
                  2•4 months ago

                  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.

    • nanook
      2•4 months 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.

        • nanook
          1•4 months ago

          @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.