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Linux on my smart tv? (media.piefed.social)

submitted 1 week ago by keyhoh@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have been rather unhappy with my smart TV's functionality as I feel it isn't smart for me but smart for the manufacturers. I just can't use it how I want to. I would love to overwrite the existing OS from Android to Linux. I've recently converted from Windows and loving Mint.

I haven't read too much regarding Linux smart tvs as my searches mostly come up with raspberry Pi and overwriting an Android box. I don't want to connect anything and just want my tv to boot up in Linux when it's turned on, and get some of my apps going. Is there a way to do this?

For reference I have a Sony Bravia with Android installed on it.

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The requirements to make replacement Linux firmware for a TV would be

A degree in CompSci
Experience in hardware engineering
Extensive knowledge of the TV circuitry
All low level schematics of the TV
Extensive knowledge of the processor used
Extensive knowlage of the original firmware and boot process
Extensive knowledge of embedded Linux systems (most likley Alpine)
Kernel sources for the TV OS as well as somehow gaining acess to all firmware files
Extensive knowledge on low level internal TV communication protocols

At that point just make your own smart TV using a commercial display

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

You won't need EE knowledge, that's all abstracted away in silicon. You just need to know how to drive the chips, and they'll manage the inputs and outputs.

I doubt the TV OS is any kind of Linux. Usually embedded systems run something like vxworks. Sometimes Minix. Real fancy ones run Android (which is derived from Linux, yes).