How to replicate the "smart tv experience"?

Danileonis @lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml – 85 points –

My nearest way is using my steam controller but isn't comfy to navigate Netflix or other streaming websites.

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KDE has an interesting project that lines up with this. Unfortunately I'm not too sure how progress is. Plasma Bigscreen

This comment now makes me wonder why there’s isn’t an kind of Desktop Environment that specifically made for TV and game console, with the UI design that is easy to use with remote/controller and touchscreen

It's easy to adjust a DE for it, the issue is that no apps are built to work on a big screen. There's basically Steam, Kodi and that's about it.

You have basically just described Kodi.

But isn’t Kodi an straight up media player instead of full blown Desktop Environment?

You still need an DE/WM installed on the system to run Kodi, you cannot just run Kodi by its own thing directly

You don't need a window manager to run Xorg clients. You're probably better off using a light one, but it's not strictly necessary.

it's very much not any good at all

It was hit or miss for me too. I remember is looking good and navigating well, but apps didn't work. What were pain points for you?

What were pain points for you?

The apps for sure, Navigation was fine a bit buggy but somewhat usable, but apps were janky at best, the YT thing just felt like a crappy gimmick

I think a better launcher would help a lot, I've seen quite a few promissing ones, and even forked one with the intent on making it a better TV launcher experience when I find the time.

the main thing missing then would be a full screen compositor and an app switcher, I actually have a couple ideas i've been playing with, apps support hurts, but I plan on making a custom waydroid launcher eventually too