Which Linux distro is running in Thomson TVs. What are the capabilties.
Unless you have the ability to root it, does it matter? It’s likely a completely custom, stripped down distro anyway.
Just want to stay away from Android TV crapps and ads. ( Also, dont need root as of now - Based on forum posts, root access is not allowed )
Dumb TV+(mini)PC is the way
Android TVs are also Linux TVs, in fact I have a good degree of certainty that most smart TVs are Linux, developing a whole OS from scratch is hard, much easier to use one that already exists.
Even webOS is Linux-based. It just doesn’t make sense to use any other kernel for such an application.
IMO LG TVs with WebOS are the best user experience right now.
But you don’t have smarttubenext
This is true and something to consider. There’s also no app for Crunchyroll which is personally a huge downside.
It’s still the best user experience and I seriously dread having to use other people’s TVs now. Even major players like Samsung are seriously lacking in comparison.
I rooted mine before the patch, and the homebrew store has an ad-free sponsor blocking yt app
stonks
“Honey! Our TV isn’t showing up channels!”
“Gee, fine. Hold on.”
ssh gnu.linux@1.2.3.69 cd /sys/devices/tv/channels cat channels_list [none]Ah, *beep.
“Honey the remote stopped working”
God damn it the last update installed libir 2.1.5 which pymote 4.7.0 isn’t yet compatible with.
babe hold on i need to flash nix-os on this thing*
*and figure out how the fuck to use nix-os
“Smart” TVs are such a waste when they lock all the hardware and firmware into a device that’ll either be unsupported in a few years or too slow to work with new apps.
I’d much rather a dumb TV and stick a Roku/Raspberry Pi. via HDMI. You get all the same control but none of the bullshit
I’m against Android but I admit it’s getting harder and harder to get “connected” (not to say “smart”) device without it on. Anyway I did give up on my 55" Samsung TV for a video projector from Nebula. It’s so compact it sits under the former TV stand. I installed VLC on it and connect to my RPi4 with a DNLA server on it and watch content I downloaded before. Not a perfect setup but quite happy with it. Until then I was using LibreElec on the RPi to drive the TV.
Using LibreElec, were you able to get any streaming services running like Netflix or YouTube?
I would like a UI I could use with a remote but the wife still needs Netflix so Kodi wouldn’t cut it.
I specifically do not use streaming services. I don’t have the discipline to avoid binge watching and I trust dark patterns to be too good to keep me hooked. I only rely on files I download. I believe, maybe naively, that the extra step keeps me in check.
IMHO VLC as a UI is sufficient and it works well with the remote of the Nebula video projector. I don’t need Kodi anymore. Sure sometimes you don’t have nice covers but if your filesystem hierarchy is clear, directories are sufficient. It does look less “sexy” but again in my context of being mindful of screen time that’s a feature.
That’s a nice idea… ( even though, I want to avoid Android )
Ps: I guess your samsung is Android TV and not Tizen
Whenever I’ll hit a limit with Nebula I might tinker to see if I could replace Android with Linux proper. It might be all supported hardware but I truly don’t know.
PS: iirc the Samsung TV was Tizen, it was a relatively old model but now it’s gathering dust so I don’t know.
I basically don’t use TV. I have a simple, old wide screen 16:9 monitor that was gifted to me. Good enough.
I’m doing it the other way round. I’m using a 50" TV as a monitor for 4 years now.
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/m5/ buy a banana pi or whatever and install lineageOS
probably stripped down embedded thing compiled in buildroot
