Looking for a desktop environment for my media pc
I control my media pc running Popos with a remote mouse/keyboard combo I found on Amazon and while this works pretty good, I would like a more "big picture mode" like experience that works well with using a remote.
I know theres some distros out there that are geared specifically for a media pc but I don't wanna reinstall my system. My internet is painfully slow at times and drops out frequently (yay for rural America) so even doing system updates can take a long time or just time out. I'd rather not babysit my pc to get everything working again how i want it so if I could find just a desktop environment to use that would be great. If not, such is life.
So far, Plasma bigscreen looked the most promising: plasma-bigscreen.org/ but any recommendations would be helpful. I've tried looking some up myself but searching the web has become pretty useless for something more niche or specific like this and I figure the good people on here would have better advice anyways.
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Interesting. They say that they took the patches from Fedora. Does that mean that the Fedora grub package conforms to BLS by default?
Edit: Seems like they do. I thought they would rather just switch to systemd-boot by default...
Omni: A useful and handy android minimalist toolbox.
Features
* Up-to-date material 3 design
* Lightweight, no spyware or bloat
* Compass with latitude & longitude
* Spirit Level
* Ruler
* Strength adjustable flashlight
* Barometer (WIP)
* Coin flipper (WIP)
GitHub - AkaneFoundation/Omni: A useful and handy android minimalist toolbox.
A useful and handy android minimalist toolbox. Contribute to AkaneFoundation/Omni development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Thanks, I meant in the Github repo you linked.
Besides I'm missing many if the functions that I see in the screenshots and description, is 1.2 indeed the latest release?
Open TV reaches 1.0 and is finally on flathub!
Open TV is an ultra-fast IPTV app that uses mpv for playback.
After rewriting the app in Rust (tauri specifically) for the last 3 months, Open TV is finally on flathub 🎊🎊
The app also now supports multi sources and other niceties.
If you use hypnotix or other IPTV apps, please give my app a try!
Like the app? Please consider donating. Open TV is a completely solo effort. It would help me allocate more time to its development.
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There's a large number of legal IPTV streams -- a lot of them are just the streams you would normally be able to access via Pluto, Plex, and other services. There's also a lot of public access/public media channels are legit and free All of the ones available at the link I posted should be legal. There are "pirate" IPTV streams out there, but I don't know any off the top of my head. I would check with the c/piracy community.
The really tricky part is getting an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for free. Very few EPG providers are willing to give that away. You can roll your own for free but it's complicated enough that I basically gave up on it.
Wow, this is incredible. Thank you!
Yeah the EPG bit is very confusing. And even the guides are confusing; lots of assumptions on base knowledge.
Not really interested in piracy, just what I can quickly scan on that repo is interesting enough for me. Thank you very much!
Palestine: a year of aggression and the largest genocide in modern history
Palestine: a year of aggression and the largest genocide in modern history : Peoples Dispatch
Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza has seen unprecedented levels of destruction and devastationMadaar (Peoples Dispatch)
Palestine: a year of aggression and the largest genocide in modern history
Palestine: a year of aggression and the largest genocide in modern history : Peoples Dispatch
Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza has seen unprecedented levels of destruction and devastationMadaar (Peoples Dispatch)
Inclusive development in Xinjiang significantly improved local residents' living standards, says expert
Interview: Inclusive development in Xinjiang significantly improved local residents' living standards, says expert
Interview: Inclusive development in Xinjiang significantly improved local residents' living standards, says expert-english.news.cn
Inclusive development in Xinjiang significantly improved local residents' living standards, says expert
Interview: Inclusive development in Xinjiang significantly improved local residents' living standards, says expert
Interview: Inclusive development in Xinjiang significantly improved local residents' living standards, says expert-english.news.cn
Poland and Ukraine’s bloody past overshadows their anti-Russia alliance
Poland and Ukraine’s bloody past overshadows their anti-Russia alliance
Thousands died in wartime massacres and Warsaw wants Kyiv to admit responsibility and allow for exhumations and reburial of the victims.Wojciech Kość (POLITICO)
Hungary won't agree to change sanctions on Russian frozen assets until US elections
Hungary won't agree to change sanctions on Russian frozen assets until US elections
The EU's plan to raise a €35 billion loan for Ukraine involves a key change in the sanctions regime that Hungary is so far blocking.Jorge Liboreiro (Euronews.com)
Mastodon 4.3 released
Mastodon 4.3
Grouped notifications, notification filtering, better onboarding and a refreshed look await in this new release of our decentralized open-source social media software.Mastodon Blog
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Now that 4.3 is done, our focus for the next release will be on implementing the highly requested features of quote posts
OMG, it's actually happening!?
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Quote post can be useful if implemented with more control, not just copying existing Twitter quote.
I recall the dev want to let user disable quote on individual post.
"Whole-Process People's Democracy" in China: Evidence from Shanghai
"Whole-Process People’s Democracy" in China: Evidence from Shanghai | Chinese Political Science Review
This study provides an in-depth analysis of the grassroots practice of the “whole-process people’s democracy” (WPD) raised by the Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping.SpringerLink
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Anybody who's not an utter ignoramus knows that burgerland already tried invading Cuba. Not only that but Guantanamo Bay is still under occupation where burgerlanders run a torture camp.
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Scientists sound the alarm over weather phenomenon taking place in Brazil: 'We are heading toward an apocalyptical situation'
Scientists sound the alarm over weather phenomenon taking place in Brazil: 'We are heading toward an apocalyptical situation'
Brazil's worst drought on record has helped fuel wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and affected the Pantanal.Timothy McGill (The Cool Down)
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Europe mobilizes for Palestine as leaders reaffirm support for Israel
Europe mobilizes for Palestine as leaders reaffirm support for Israel : Peoples Dispatch
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Europe, demanding an arms embargo on Israel and an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Lebanon, as governments continue to back IsraelAna Vračar (Peoples Dispatch)
Mastodon 4.3 released
Mastodon 4.3
Grouped notifications, notification filtering, better onboarding and a refreshed look await in this new release of our decentralized open-source social media software.Mastodon Blog
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Definitely seeing some people complain about the design changes
The great thing about Mastodon is, that you can freely chose what client you use. If you dislike the original client or web interface, just use Elk, Semaphore, Tusky, etc. whatever you prefer.
There's also tonnes of custom CSS stuff people are doimg for the web view, I think. E.g.:
Developing Whole-Process People’s Democracy to Advance Chinese Modernization
Developing Whole-Process People’s Democracy to Advance Chinese Modernization
After years of sustained effort, people’s democracy in China is now underpinned by a value system that prizes people above all else, as well as the protection of human rights, fairness and justice, well-rounded human development, and shared prosperi…en.qstheory.cn
stoy
in reply to Bluefruit • • •Bluefruit
in reply to stoy • • •stoy
in reply to Bluefruit • • •To be honest, I mostly made the comment as a joke.
But if you like them, check them out, however know that Fluxbox will not support Wayland, you need to look at Waybox for that.
I have no idea about is WindowMaker supporrs Wayland.
Bluefruit
in reply to stoy • • •Ah good to know. I thought they looked interesting and very customizable which is why i though it was a legit recommendation lol.
For this pc, wayland support isn't much of a concern atm but also good to know. Appreciate the info :)
Yardy Sardley
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in reply to Bluefruit • • •Possibly linux
in reply to tekato • • •That's a interesting idea. I have always just run it from the command line (it can run directly on the display)
Does Kodi have Wayland support?
tekato
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in reply to Bluefruit • • •I'm just running a pain Linux with the MATE desktop, with increased sizes of mouse cursor and UI elements.
The big thing is using VLC with a wireless keyboard, and using a white sharpie on the keycaps to show the quite customised VLC shortcuts.
It's been years since I tried Kodi et al, and I always found the actual media playback to be lacking some customisation (eg. audio or subtitle timing offsets).
In lieu of a media database, I simply mark the movie folders with file emblems when I've watched a movie or episode (VLC keeps track of partial viewings, resuming where it left off).
Bluefruit
in reply to noughtnaut • • •I mostly use this pc as a streaming box for online content like youtube or crunchyroll so not really sure kodi would fit that anyways. Will probably have jellyfin up again at some point so might use kodi for that? Idk, mot something im doing anytime soon.
Rn im using the default for PopOS and like you, scaled the ui. Its fine, but not quite right yknow? Ui scaling in Linux hasnt ever felt quite right to me especially when I'm using a tv.
I also use this pc to do other things so its not just a media PC all the time which is another reason why i was looking for a desktop environment rather than a whole new os.
Is mate pretty good for scaling well? I havent used it before but a small gripe is that the default for pop doesnt scale well when the taskbar always shows. Applications get cut off at the bottom. Pretty annoying.
Pumpkin Escobar
in reply to Bluefruit • • •Similar to previous reply about MATE with font size changes, I do that with plasma. I hadn’t seen plasma big screen you linked, I’ll definitely try that one out. I’ve wondered about en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma… Like these sort of niche projects don’t always get a lot of attention, if the bigscreen project doesn’t work out, I’d bet the plasma mobile project is fairly active and given the way it scales for displays might work really well on a tv
Speaking of scaling since you mentioned it. I have noticed scaling in general feels a lot better in Wayland. If you’d only tried it in X11 before, might want to see if Wayland works better for you.
Bluefruit
in reply to Pumpkin Escobar • • •My desktop pc runs Fedora with Wayland currently and it works really well. I like wayland a lot and was trying to use it on my media pc as well but it wasnt playing well with Firefox for video playback. Not sure if this was fixed yet or if it was even a bug but it was not good when i tried it on kubuntu. Haven't tried it om popos yet but it might just be an issue with gnome. Ive never been a fan of gnome ever since i started messing around with linux.
Love kde plasma though, its def the best DE ive found so far. Coming from Windows and all the customization it has, its so nice.
spacemanspiffy
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Unknown parent • • •Wouldn't exactly fit my use case because this pc also doubles as my game in bed pc and is what I'm currently using for ai image generation. If i could get big picture mode but still run applications that arent games or for streaming, that'd be ideal. From the recommendations, seems like kodi is a fan favorite but not exactly a DE either. Might work but I'd rather it be a DE than an app i have to run but beggers cant be choosers.
That said, I have 2 chunky servers that my buddy gave me recently and I'm planning on self hosting a lot of things with them which likely include jellyfin.
I will say that im slowly getting the internet to a decent spot at least for streaming, generally as long as my connection is fast enough between starlink and my lte connection (using failover with pfsense) i can usually stream ok. Though with one tower in my area and trees surrounding my place, its never gonna be great.
Bluefruit
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