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I'm super pumped to finally have something better than Nvidia Sheild or Kodi

yeah i generally dont use kde, but ive been looking for something like this for a long time

Yup, it disappeared from Debian repositories in 13/Trixie.

there's a bunch of improvements too

You could always install Waydroid TV and get the apps from Aurora Store or Google Play for full resolution

Probably the same as on a Linux desktop now, the browser sites work fine but you won't get 4k or HDR.

I set up Jellyfin and my wife and kids love it. We have no streaming services now.

Unsubscribe to all off them and sail the high seas

Install Kodi and pirate shows from those services.

Huh. I wonder if this is maybe related to the Steam Machine? It would be a good use case for it, and the timing makes sense. I know the Deck boots into Steam Big Picture at boot, but you can get to the desktop, and I think it's KDE. I've only used someone else's Deck for a short time, but I remember it working fine because it has a touch screen. Without that, you need something like this.

Here's to all 100 of us Linux couch gamers who all happen to own a Logitech K400 Plus. If you know, you know.

That would be great!

We are planning to join the Plasma release schedule starting with Plasma 6.7 (in June), which will make it possible for distributions to ship it in their repositories.

I’m imagining it will only be available in rolling release distros for a while.

I have a Linux HTPC on Mint where I have the Pegasus frontend with Jellyfin, VacuumTube, and a bunch of games. The main usability issue is the need to exit each app differently to get back to Pegasus. There’s no notion of using a home button to go back to the home screen and pause the current process, which is what I’d be hoping to get with Bigscreen. Otherwise, Pegasus is fine for launching apps with a remote, and Jellyfin and VacuumTube work fine with a remote as well.

How’s HDMI-CEC support in Linux?

Pulled directly from KDE Plasma’s Bigscreen website.

Multiple Input Methods

Navigate with your TV remote via CEC, a game controller, a keyboard and mouse, or even your phone via KDE Connect.

https://plasma-bigscreen.org/

Doesn’t work. Not a Linux issue. No graphics card or motherboard maker connects the hardware correctly to support CEC on PCs. It’s an industry-wide practice.

There is the pulse eight injector which together with software can inject CEC with a USB connection with the caveat it can’t turn your computer on and it’s a hacky and imperfect solution for tinkerers rather than production ready equipment. Also it’s only HDMI 2.0 not 2.1.

"Multiple Input Methods Navigate with your TV remote via CEC, a game controller, a keyboard and mouse, or even your phone via KDE Connect."

Should just work out of the box, I think

get a steam controller, old or new, they have touchpad(s)