With the recent GN video I’d been wondering about turning an old mini PC from eBay into a little Linux TV box for streaming. I’d need access to Android apps (I guess through Waydroid).

After a brief look, it seems that the two options are some form of LibreElec system running Kodi or Arch running Plasma Big Screen. Any thoughts / advice? And if I went for Big Screen, does anyone know of any distros that ship with it or will I have to spin it up myself on Arch?

  • hallettj@leminal.space
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    13 hours ago

    I tried Kodi, but support for streaming services is quite limited.

    Now I’m running Android TV using Waydroid-ATV. I have Jellyfin, Youtube (with casting), and Dropout working which is an improvement over Kodi. I think I might be able to get the other streaming apps working if I figure out Widevine configuration, or some such thing.