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Plasma Bigscreen VS Fire OS

Compare Plasma Bigscreen VS Fire OS and see what are their differences

Plasma Bigscreen logo Plasma Bigscreen

Launcher controllable using voice or TV remote.

Fire OS logo Fire OS

Fire OS is the operating system that runs Amazon's Fire TV and tablets. Fire OS is a fork of Android, so if your app runs on Android, it will most likely run on Amazon's Fire de...
  • Plasma Bigscreen Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-05-08
  • Fire OS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-01

Plasma Bigscreen videos

Plasma Bigscreen OS for the Raspberry Pi 4 Open Source Smart TV OS! Quick Look

More videos:

  • Review - KDE Plasma Bigscreen Review
  • Review - Plasma Bigscreen. A dedicated TV OS for Raspberry Pi 4.

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Plasma Bigscreen and Fire OS)
Video
75 75%
25% 25
Media Player
66 66%
34% 34
Watch Movies Online
63 63%
37% 37
Linux
81 81%
19% 19

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Plasma Bigscreen should be more popular than Fire OS. It has been mentiond 21 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Plasma Bigscreen mentions (21)

  • Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads
    You could get a SFF PC like the other reply mentioned, and install something like Plasma Bigscreen[1] on it. [1](https://plasma-bigscreen.org/). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago
  • Is degoogling as worth it if you're on stock android?
    Root privileges are just that. It's not a no no. Android is Linux and hopefully one day some OS will be released for mobile devices based off Linux, have sudo and su, have a package manager, bash, init (not systemd), Grub2, various Linux kernels available etc. There are projects like Manjaro ARM, PostmarketOS. But they're just not ready yet. Although, a bit off topic here, I apologize, this project is pretty rad... Source: about 1 year ago
  • linux on a HTPC?
    There's plasma bigscreen you can try for launching apps https://plasma-bigscreen.org/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Linux genuinely gives me less issues than Windows
    Plasma Bigscreen also looks alright but it's still early on, I plan to try it out eventually so I'll give open-gamepad-ui a try as well when I do. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Valve is paying a whole lot of developers to keep the Steam Deck's open-source software going
    There is https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ being worked on which you could theoretically run with steam big picture mode when it's done. Source: over 1 year ago
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Fire OS mentions (5)

  • Firestick 4K Max appreciation post
    You are correct, fire tv os is based on android os but not android tv os. https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • A Detailed Answer to What Is Samsung Push Service & more!
    A push notification is a note which pops up on a mobile device. App publishers can send them, and at the same time, users do not have to run the app or to use their devices to receive them. They can do many things; for instance, they can show the latest sports scores as well as get a user to take action. They can also let you download a coupon, or let a user know about an event, such as a flash sale. Push... Source: about 2 years ago
  • 2nd Gen Fire TV Stick (2016) android version?
    Https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html helps. Source: about 2 years ago
  • Testing quick way to show Fire TV Stick model/generation
    The model name should be listed under "Device name". This works by looking up the model number from information taken from Amazon's list of Fire TV devices (here). (This is updated automatically, and should also work with Fire tablets/TVs, other Android devices etc.. Silk or other Chromium-based browsers should work, however Firefox doesn't supply this device information.). Source: over 2 years ago
  • Insignia Fire TV (2021) Old Interface
    Amazon has a list here. I got a Toshiba TV from the Prime Day sale myself for my bedroom. It looks like newer 4k fire TVs are getting Fire OS 7, but the HD versions aren't. On the stick side, the Fire TV Stick and Stick Lite have Fire OS 7, but not the aging 4k that they still actively sell as their only 4k option. It came out in 2018 and is overdue for a refresh. Source: almost 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Plasma Bigscreen and Fire OS, you can also consider the following products

Android TV - Android TV is a version of Android made for TV's

OSMC - OSMC is a free and open source media center built for the people, by the people.

LibreELEC - LibreELEC is ‘Just enough OS’ for Kodi, a Linux distribution built to run Kodi on current and...

Roku OS - Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.

Kodi - Kodi is an award winning free and open source media player that got its start on the Xbox console.

Emby - media server for personal streaming movies tv music photos in mobile app or browser for all devices android iOS windows phone appletv androidtv smarttv and dlna.