Plasma Bigscreen Reviews and Details

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• Almost Half of LG Smart TV Apps Have Residential Proxy SDKs

  This, but LibreELEC or other Kodi distributions suck, it's basically limited to local playback. 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. [0] https://plasma-bigscreen.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Show HN: AT4K Launcher TV Inspired Launcher for Android TVs

  This seems interesting, can something like this be created for Linux too? What is the technical stack behind it, I would be curious how you make a launcher in the first place, can it only be made in Java/Kotlin or say something in flutter as well and in which language is this coded in? I would also be interested in any resources which helped you out in the way. I would love something like this but for Linux,... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted

  I wonder if it is possible to install a standard Linux distro on LG TVs. There is KDE Plasma Bigscreen for a TV-like experience on such distros. https://plasma-bigscreen.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Mperfect, Linux-powered, DIY smart TV is the embodiment of ad fatigue

  I think Plasma Bigscreen is trying to do so: https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ Haven't heard any news about it for a while, but it looks a bit like "Android TV except not Android". - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• 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 / over 2 years 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: over 3 years ago

• linux on a HTPC?

  There's plasma bigscreen you can try for launching apps https://plasma-bigscreen.org/. Source: over 3 years 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: over 3 years 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: almost 4 years ago

• Least spyware Smart TV?

  You might be interested in Plasma Bigscreen. Not sure if there's a TV already in the market or if it's more of a DIY project, but it's worth checking out. Source: about 4 years ago

• Any TV-focused open source ROMs?

  There's this but maybe it's not what you are looking for since it's not an Android rom and probably has a limited apps ecosystem: https://plasma-bigscreen.org/. Source: about 4 years ago

• Streaming from Jellyfin Server to Projector

  Yeah, I'd like to try installing JFMP and use it via remote and I was just reading about https://plasma-bigscreen.org (the other user mentioned below). It looks promising and potentially a bit more polished. Apparently you can use a generic USB remote with it as well: https://plasma-bigscreen.org/faq/. Source: about 4 years ago

• Should I hop now that new Chimera is out?

  Have you looked into plasma big screen? Source: about 4 years ago

• I Wish There Was An Open Source "SteamOS"

  There is Plasma Bigscreen (https://plasma-bigscreen.org/), but progress is slow, because it is a lot of work. Source: over 4 years ago

• Customise Gnome for a handheld?

  That's probably way out of scope. But there are projects like https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ which uses KDE plasma to give a similar interface. Is it something like this you're looking for? Source: over 4 years ago

• What happened to app.plasma-bigscreen.org?

  Hmm, for Project -> Documentation on https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ I still get 404. Source: over 4 years ago

• What happened to app.plasma-bigscreen.org?

  Is https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ the page you were looking for? Source: over 4 years ago

• Can someone suggest a Smart TV like distro?

  From what I know there aren't many options for this use case, and those that I know of (like OSMC or Plasma Bigscreen) all run on ARM devices like Raspberry Pi, but not x86/64. I would recommend the same as other commenters: to just use a normal distribution and put something like Kodi on it. You could probably configure the system to automatically start up whatever UI you prefer to make it more seamless. Source: over 4 years ago

• Thank you, Roku, for providing a perfect example of jobs NOT to apply to

  Raspberry pi 4 with Plasma Bigscreen installed on a 32gb micro SD card is the way to go for me. Source: about 5 years ago

• New blog published on AMD's website gives us some insight into the cooperation between Valve and AMD

  To sum it up, I think this also is one of the way SD is a dealbreaker and a really important and impactful product of the day. If it succeeds, we could see more companies get into handheld or console, and they also get full control and freedom of choice on the whole software and hardware ecosystem. At this point, even any enthusiast could get the parts himself, find or 3d print a chassis, fine-tune hardware and... Source: about 5 years ago

• Forgot the name of recent tech Canonical just released

  Is this somewhat like KDE Plasma Bigscreen? It was checking this out a few nights ago but it looks abandoned along with every other TV launcher interface for Linux. Source: about 5 years ago