Just buy android TV box like tanix u will be fine
Just get a GabeCube or a raspberry pi 5 if you really just need streaming
Back to Kodi
Tivotization? Doesn’t that shit runs Linux?
AH FUCK I FORGOT. Yeah Linus Torvalds decided he didnt want GPLv3 on Linux…
Fun indeed.
You don’t own your TV.
Fire tv sucks, get anything else
aren’t I glad I just bought an Onn instead.
Yeah same with me getting a Xiaomi Box. Not being able to swap the default launcher on the Fire Stick was motive enough.
How are Onn or Xiaomi different? I think Onn is walmarts brand right?
ONN and Xiaomi are different in that they run a version of Android TV that’s closer to stock, and thus is less locked down. As I said, last time I checked the Fire Sticks don’t even let you swap their Ad ridden default launcher without workarounds (that they are hard at work in breaking), meanwhile on the Xiaomi/ONN box you just download one from wherever you want and it’s done, they also are not doing any “piracy app crackdown” (well, until Google’s stupid future Sideloading restrictions come into play)
And yes, ONN is a Walmart Brand.
Well if they drop Jellyfin, I know at least one friend that would rather drop their Fire TV than go without. Here’s hoping this backfires and just drops Amazon’s TV user base with no positive tradeoff for them.
I wonder where they would draw the line? Smarttube? It’s not piracy but circumvents ads. Mayby Jellyfin or Plex? They are not piracy specificly but it’s how I consume?
So they’re blocking Youtube? A few copyrighted things knocking around on there last I checked.
The Star Wars Holiday Special will remain there because no one wants to admit they own it
This one?
https://youtu.be/UL-hL6_XR30More like almost nobody wants to admit that they took part in it or lucas himself greenlighting it.
Bea Arthur’s finest role 😆
I remember buying a bootleg copy of that and the Corman Fantastic Four movie on VHS at some record show years back. Owning those was a matter of pride.
Just use a mini PC and pirate everything. The amazon fire interface sucks anyways. Every streaming service is in a different app and you have to remember which app to use for each show.
Or buy a second hand pc for not much more than 50 euros/dollars. Install linux and it’ll be more than fast enough for torrenting, playing media and a bit of surfing. Companies are off loading anything that can’t run windows 11 right now.
Also means you’re not torrenting stuff on your main system while gaming.
After a long time trying to wrap my head around, I finally have jellyfin, are Services, with transmission running behind a vpn, all running seamlessly with a single docker compose file. It’s beautiful. I’m only sad I didn’t do it sooner. Fuck these companies.
If you want a new console + a PC at your TV, I think the new Steam Machine could be nice for that.
Running SteamOS (Linux) this should be good, or am I missing something?
NVIDIA shield is still king.
+1 Coming up on my ten year anniversary with mine.
I suggest Bazzite if you want a better expirience, it’s more mantained than the public steamOS release and has a little more features
If you’re running a steam machine or a steam deck, SteamOS is the way to go. It’s significantly smoother, and running Bazzites Game Interface version is buggy and slow as hell in comparison to native steamos
Oh so you already own a Steam Machine and installed it? What’s the performance like? Did you install Kodi?
HDMI-CEC out of the box? Does it not lose focus when you turn off/on the TV so keyboard/remote navigation becomes impossible?
Got any suggested tutorials?
Most interesting part of this article is the mention of VegaOS, which I hadn’t heard of. Not because I approve of anything Amazon does, ever, but depending on how much of a Linux it actually is, the jailbreaking / homebrew potential is intriguing.
