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Comment by drnick1

2 months ago

This, but LibreELEC or other Kodi distributions suck. They are too limited. Until recently, the best solution was to run a full Linux DE, but now there is Plasma Bigscreen[0] for that. This is basically a DE optimized for couch use with a remote. You can run Kodi as an app, but also stream from a browser, or play games with Steam, etc.

[0] https://plasma-bigscreen.org/

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Dig1t  2 months ago

This looks great, it just needs some hardware to run on with a nice remote. Does any hardware like that exist?

  • drnick1  2 months ago

    An airmouse remote, ideally with a keyboard on the back, works very well. It's particularly useful if you want to run "apps" that that not specifically designed for ten-foot use, and expect mouse or keyboard input.

  • eliaspro  2 months ago

    Via KDE Connect, you can also use your smartphone as touchpad to control the cursor or to act as remote keyboard.