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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Introduces Plasma Bigscreen Mode for HTPCs (www.techpowerup.com)
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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How useful is this in the grand scheme of things if the applications themselves don't have a 10ft UI? I guess you'd need to limit yourself and find apps specifically made to be shown on a TV.. within a repository that caters desktop apps. Blending TV's and desktops is hard...

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I have a Linux HTPC on Mint where I have the Pegasus frontend with Jellyfin, VacuumTube, and a bunch of games. The main usability issue is the need to exit each app differently to get back to Pegasus. There’s no notion of using a home button to go back to the home screen and pause the current process, which is what I’d be hoping to get with Bigscreen. Otherwise, Pegasus is fine for launching apps with a remote, and Jellyfin and VacuumTube work fine with a remote as well.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    Jellyfin, VacuumTube, and a bunch of games.

    I use Kodi for all of this plus IPTV, etc. It has a customizable "home", menus, etc. that make it easy to navigate. You can also run audio/video in the background while navigating.

    It can be a pain to setup everything but I think it's worth it.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I use Kodi as my HTPC with a FLIRC remote.

    I rarely exit to desktop but, when I do, I often use a wireless keyboard.

    It's somewhat annoying having to switch between the two. I imagine this Bigscreen desktop might help.

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