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Here's to all 100 of us Linux couch gamers who all happen to own a Logitech K400 Plus. If you know, you know.
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Ohhhh it's finally coming!
Looking forward to trying it.
I'm super pumped to finally have something better than Nvidia Sheild or Kodi
Honestly, I want to like Kodi, but even this first screenshot looks much better than anything I've been able to muster together in Kodi.
Same here. Kodi's UI was nice back in the days when it was XBMC. These days we have different ideas on usability.
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Yeah this has been on the books for ages. It's not being developed by KDE's core team and it wasn't making much progress for a while but I'm really happy yo see it come out.
yeah i generally dont use kde, but ive been looking for something like this for a long time
Oh my god it's happening. Everyone stay calm. Stay fucking calm!
I've been waiting for Plasma Bigscreen for quite a while for my and eventually my family's living room entertainment system.
Add a DVB receiver and you can just a normal, dumb screen and never have to deal with shitty "smart" TVs again.
Right now? Only buying Android TV because it's the only OS whixh I can manipulate (using ADB).
Reintroduces, really. Iirc it was originally made for plasma 5 and and was broken by changes in Plasma 6. This is "we fixed the stuff we broke".
there's a bunch of improvements too
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How do streaming services like Disney, prime, Netflix, and hbo run on these? Is it possible?
I need something dead simple for my wife.
Probably the same as on a Linux desktop now, the browser sites work fine but you won't get 4k or HDR.
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Unsubscribe to all off them and sail the high seas
I should also add that I live in a third would country so all the streaming services are dirt cheap here.
I think YouTube premium is like $3 a month or something like that.
If I pay for YouTube premium, Netflix, disney, amazon prime, HBO max, spotify. I have to spend around 70 euros a month. (4k content or family pack)
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Install Kodi and pirate shows from those services.
Or buy and rip DVDs to put it on your Jellyfin homeserver
I set up Jellyfin and my wife and kids love it. We have no streaming services now.
i wonder if I'll be possible to flash this on my nvidia shield when it's out
I was thinking of using it to replace my shields, but reflashing would be even better!
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Hell yeah!
Are there any distros yet that come with it? I have a pi I've been using as an htpc and I'm interested in switching
We are planning to join the Plasma release schedule starting with Plasma 6.7 (in June), which will make it possible for distributions to ship it in their repositories.
How useful is this in the grand scheme of things if the applications themselves don't have a 10ft UI? I guess you'd need to limit yourself and find apps specifically made to be shown on a TV.. within a repository that caters desktop apps. Blending TV's and desktops is hard...
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