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best distro for a streaming box with plasma bigscreen? (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 month ago by goofsqueak@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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okay just to start things of; I AM NOT AN ADVANCED USER, I WOULD SAY BOTTOM OF INTERMMEDIATE AT BEST!!!!

im planning on ditching my chromecast for a little mini pc with plasma bigscreen, so i'm just wondering what distro would be good for that. I'll also be hosting my jellyfin server, and maybe game too but idrk

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[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My suggestion would be KDE Neon or Fedora KDE, since both are straightforward and have official Plasma Bigscreen packages

I don't think atomic distros like Bazzite are a good fit for something like this since Plasma Bigscreen does not appear to have an official flatpak. It can be done but there are some drawbacks.

If you go with one of my suggestions, you will want to install multimedia codecs that do not come with the OS by default.

Here is a guide that will work on KDE Neon.

This guide is for Fedora.

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