Quackdoc,
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I tried it and I don’t think it’s usable. the applications it has are quite frankly garbage. and it overall feels janky to control. not great IMO

giacomo,

I’ve got it installed on a Debian 12 box I’m using as an htpc. It’s works pretty nicely.

rando,

Are u trying to install on x86 or ARM? ARM has images u can use. As for x86 I didn’t find distro with out of the box bigscreen configured, however there are AUR recipes - makes it easy to use it on Manjaro.

possiblylinux127,

Use kodi

youngGoku,

I couldn’t get any kodi extensions working… Do people still use this?

possiblylinux127,

Yes, it my primary way of getting TV on my TV. I use jellyfin for other platforms but kodi is nice because you can control it with your phone and it has a nice TV guide

flashgnash,

Kodi is kinda klunky and old fashioned imo

possiblylinux127,

You can change the skin. I use osmc which is has a much nicer skin by default

iHUNTcriminals,

I’m going to find out if I can install it on MX debian with KDE when I get home.

HovringSquidworld97A,

I believe you can install it on anything that supports KDE. PostmarketOS has it as an environment option. I’ve not tried it yet either, but I’m interested in a Linux TV Box alternative as well.

friedbun,
@friedbun@lemmy.ml avatar

I mean, Kodi (formerly XBMC) has existed for aeons now…

owatnext,

One of the pages on the site you’ve linked mentions Debian having Plasma Bigscreen in the package repo, so I imagine you can just download it on anything that runs the right instruction set. (armv7, amd64, etc. I am not sure what the package is built for.)

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