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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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minimum specs for a streaming box running linux? (self.linux)

submitted 11 hours ago by goofsqueak to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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so like ram, storage and like cpu in intel terms (basically the only one i could find and understand)

i will be using plasma bigscreen, running my jellyfin server, maybe play some steam games (decently light ones), maybe run a minecraft server, watch youtube, stream like netflix etc.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Plasma Bigscreen is kind of a mess still, so maybe run it on something first to understand what you're getting into. That being said, any distro that runs KDE can run KBS, but will probably not be tuned for the least amount of resources to be used.

Something like OpenELEC/LibreELEC or OSMC are very well tuned for this, and require very little in the way of resources though. I'm not saying DON'T use KBS, but if you're lacking in resources, the others are probably a better choice.