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It's time to dump Roku (www.engadget.com)
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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm just running Linux with an always on top Kodi on an N100 mini-PC.

Works fine with a wireless remote for the purpose of being a TV Box that I just have on my living room and use in the same way as I would a commercial TV box.

Granted, I also use that as a homeserver (its seriously overpowered to just be a TV Box) but that side of things I manage remotely via SSH.

You don't really need access to the full desktop to run Linux apps if you just want a TV Box.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

True. But having the ability to do that on your own Hardware is still something desirable whether or not you choose to. Yeah I doubt I will pull up a terminal very often from the television LOL. But if I need or want to I still want it there. :-)

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, in all fairness I still have a keyboard and mouse wired to that setup, though it's very rare that I use it.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I got a nice little keypad that has a television remote style interface on one side a little rubbery keypad on the underside and an accelerometer inside to use for Mouse input.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

I used something like that for a while but I didn't really use the keypad side in practice and the quality of that remote was kinda crap so the most used buttons quickly became unreliable. Also I don't find the airmouse all that convenient to use.

I replaced it with one of these plus I also have a perfectly normal keyboard and mouse connected to that mini-PC in case I need to directly use it (which is rare since even the homeserver stuff I normally do remotely from a normal Desktop PC via SSH).