This is the way. It may have a steep learning curve but the i3 docs cover everything you may need. There will be some different counterparts on Wayland though.
This is the way. It may have a steep learning curve but the i3 docs cover everything you may need. There will be some different counterparts on Wayland though.
Added an update.
It seems PADD got borked. Permission thing is happening again.
Don’t know about Cachy but Endeavour is not even a fork. It’s just Arch with a fancy installer.
I recommend Tauon since it also has a Windows build.
This is from btop.
They just need to learn how YaST works and it’s done mostly. They won’t even need terminal for anything. I installed openSUSE Leap on my sister’s PC and she’s using it without any problems for quite some time (Though gotta admit installing Xbox controller driver was a hassle, maybe it’s not like that for Tumbleweed). She previously used Manjaro, Pop!_OS, and Mint and she had problems with all. Leap is pretty much perfect. (Let me put nazar amulet here 🧿)
I don’t use Mint myself so I don’t know how things are there. Thanks for clarifying.
Normally I don’t suggest distro-hopping for newbies but sometimes it’s a good idea to try a couple distro before settling in. Since there are tons of different hardware, some distros offer a better out of the box solution for some hardware.
Try openSUSE Leap for instance. Also someone suggested trying KDE Plasma on Mint, so try that first. It might alone solve your problems.
By the way, if your need for Windows can be covered on a virtual machine, go that way instead of dual boot. Windows really can mess with your bootloader.
You can check here for an easy answer. :)
Ironically Manjaro holds packages back for stability makes it unstable.
There is no need for Manjaro where Endeavour exists.
Thanks! Only Cloudfront domains I couldn’t add to blacklist as regex because they use hash and adding a general block to it breaks many websites. That’s a bummer. I can only temporarily block them so that means, even if I factory reset the TV, some of those channels will reappear some time later.
Here we don’t have additional fee if you have the satellite dish yourself so at least it’s not a problem.
Well, if i go this way, it’s definitely a due.
That’s nice to hear. I wouldn’t mind playing with shizuku to see what can I do.
Modules work on top of an OverlayFS, which essentially lets you write to /system without actually writing to /system, similar to rwfus on the Steam Deck.
I see. So if something goes wrong, I can do factory reset without any problems. I guess.
I actually did another way. I blocked these streaming domains on pi-hole. Now none of those ad channels can connect to internet. I’m assuming the list would also disappear if I factory reset and rescan the channel list, those ad channels wouldn’t get into the list in the first place. Cannot try this right away but will definitely try this.
Sounds nice. What can I do with rooting though? Since there isn’t a replacement for the default TV app. I know I can remove the TCL stuff, but besides that? Also, now I wonder if shizuku would work too.
That’s the initial thing I wanted to do but there seems to be no ROM for this TV yet. I really prefer this to replace the default app.
I just hope there is some work from some developer but currently I don’t know any.
I actually checked XDA but there seems to be no ROMs currently. Maybe it’s possible to unlock the bootloader, I saw an OEM unlocking option while wandering developer options. But without a ROM it’s useless. Maybe someone will make a ROM but no idea.
I’m guessing your manufacturer added ads to their TV app and made a deal with Google to use them as the ad provider.
Yeah, it’s most likely this. And that’s why vendor locked it as well it seems.
The other alternative might be to block the ads on your router
Heh, I actually did this and will edit the main post for what I did.
I’m full behind of buying a big monitor and plug a mini pc or raspberry pi kind of thing. But my mother wanted to experience smart TVs, no matter what I told. So here I am, trying to reduce the damage. :)
By the way, that first TCL app is still included and it’s way worse than default TV app.
Thanks for the insight. I specifically checked those channels one by one (not all of course, just enough to get the streaming service domains) and blocked them on pi-hole. Now none of them can connect to internet. :)
Now is find a way to clear that hollow list. Factory reset might pull the trick but currently it’s not convenient before backing up smarttube etc.
Jellyfin is awesome.