The equivalent today is a small n100 box. Similar size to a Nvidia shield.
nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am constantly elated that I decided years ago to buy a used micro PC on eBay and install Linux on it as my streaming box.
Fuck Roku, fuck Amazon, fuck Google, fuck Samsung, fuck Vizio.
Lem453@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
niartenyaw@midwest.social 6 months ago
curious about your setup, do you have anything for remote control? do you just run everything through the browser?
viking@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Not OP, but a bluetooth mouse is an excellent remote control :-)
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Another device and KDE Connect (or at least Valent, an in-development GNOME port of it) works too :D
nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I use an old Dell optiplex micro running Zorin OS Lite, and watch all streaming services in my web browser.
This gives the bonus of blocking ads on sites like YouTube or Roku.
I use a Logitech wireless media keyboard with trackpad to control it. All hooked up to a dumb projector.
Fun fact, my parents have an Amazon Fire TV, and Amazon pushed an update 2 months ago that made it always turn on to an ad page, and slowed down all the interactions to the point of being almost unbearable.
Second fun fact: Vizio now makes more money selling access to advertisers than they make from selling tvs.