▲ 415 ▼ KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Introduces Plasma Bigscreen Mode for HTPCs (www.techpowerup.com) submitted 5 months ago by commander@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 88 points 5 months ago (8 children) Ohhhh it's finally coming! Looking forward to trying it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 34 points 5 months ago (5 children) I'm super pumped to finally have something better than Nvidia Sheild or Kodi permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 20 points 5 months ago (3 children) Honestly, I want to like Kodi, but even this first screenshot looks much better than anything I've been able to muster together in Kodi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Same here. Kodi's UI was nice back in the days when it was XBMC. These days we have different ideas on usability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Controlling it with a controller is awful, I had to change a lot of settings and it still jumps to a different scene any time someone accidentally bumps the joystick when picking it up or forgets to use the dpad for 10s rewind permalink fedilink source parent [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago Yeah I feel the same way. I feel like Kodi, unfortunately, makes it harder to use my HTPC rather than easier permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Yeah this has been on the books for ages. It's not being developed by KDE's core team and it wasn't making much progress for a while but I'm really happy yo see it come out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) yeah i generally dont use kde, but ive been looking for something like this for a long time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Oh I use KDE every day. I love it. But this would be a very different usecase I wouldn't use on my main PC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 34 points 5 months ago (5 children) I'm super pumped to finally have something better than Nvidia Sheild or Kodi permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 20 points 5 months ago (3 children) Honestly, I want to like Kodi, but even this first screenshot looks much better than anything I've been able to muster together in Kodi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Same here. Kodi's UI was nice back in the days when it was XBMC. These days we have different ideas on usability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Controlling it with a controller is awful, I had to change a lot of settings and it still jumps to a different scene any time someone accidentally bumps the joystick when picking it up or forgets to use the dpad for 10s rewind permalink fedilink source parent [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago Yeah I feel the same way. I feel like Kodi, unfortunately, makes it harder to use my HTPC rather than easier permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Yeah this has been on the books for ages. It's not being developed by KDE's core team and it wasn't making much progress for a while but I'm really happy yo see it come out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 20 points 5 months ago (3 children) Honestly, I want to like Kodi, but even this first screenshot looks much better than anything I've been able to muster together in Kodi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Same here. Kodi's UI was nice back in the days when it was XBMC. These days we have different ideas on usability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Controlling it with a controller is awful, I had to change a lot of settings and it still jumps to a different scene any time someone accidentally bumps the joystick when picking it up or forgets to use the dpad for 10s rewind permalink fedilink source parent [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago Yeah I feel the same way. I feel like Kodi, unfortunately, makes it harder to use my HTPC rather than easier permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) Same here. Kodi's UI was nice back in the days when it was XBMC. These days we have different ideas on usability. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Controlling it with a controller is awful, I had to change a lot of settings and it still jumps to a different scene any time someone accidentally bumps the joystick when picking it up or forgets to use the dpad for 10s rewind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Controlling it with a controller is awful, I had to change a lot of settings and it still jumps to a different scene any time someone accidentally bumps the joystick when picking it up or forgets to use the dpad for 10s rewind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago Yeah I feel the same way. I feel like Kodi, unfortunately, makes it harder to use my HTPC rather than easier permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Yeah this has been on the books for ages. It's not being developed by KDE's core team and it wasn't making much progress for a while but I'm really happy yo see it come out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) yeah i generally dont use kde, but ive been looking for something like this for a long time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Oh I use KDE every day. I love it. But this would be a very different usecase I wouldn't use on my main PC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Oh I use KDE every day. I love it. But this would be a very different usecase I wouldn't use on my main PC. permalink fedilink source parent