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Which Linux distro is running in Thomson TVs. What are the capabilties.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Honey! Our TV isn't showing up channels!"

"Gee, fine. Hold on."

ssh [email protected]
cd /sys/devices/tv/channels
cat channels_list
[none]

Ah, *beep.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Honey the remote stopped working"

God damn it the last update installed libir 2.1.5 which pymote 4.7.0 isn't yet compatible with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

babe hold on i need to flash nix-os on this thing*

*and figure out how the fuck to use nix-os

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unless you have the ability to root it, does it matter? It's likely a completely custom, stripped down distro anyway.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just want to stay away from Android TV crapps and ads. ( Also, dont need root as of now - Based on forum posts, root access is not allowed )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO LG TVs with WebOS are the best user experience right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But you don't have smarttubenext

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I rooted mine before the patch, and the homebrew store has an ad-free sponsor blocking yt app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is true and something to consider. There's also no app for Crunchyroll which is personally a huge downside.

It's still the best user experience and I seriously dread having to use other people's TVs now. Even major players like Samsung are seriously lacking in comparison.