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Best HTPC distro? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by freebee@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I caved to black Friday promotions and ordered myself a fan less MSI Cubi N ADL S with N100, 4GB ram, 128 GB m.2 SSD and a Rii F8 remote.

To run as "smart TV", mainly jellyfin, dvb-t2 antenna, YouTube, local public channel streaming from their websites.

Which is the hottest HTPC distro for this right now in your opinion?

It needs to be easy to use for non-techie and super stable and reliable, rather than fancy or brand new and hype.

To replace my current "attach the steamdeck to TV when needed" setup (so I can play on it while something is being watched). And this was experienced as not easy enough for non-techies?

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My parents and I use Bazzite. I know it’s mainly used for gaming, but since you can add non Steam programs just fine, it works great for a media PC. You can configure Jellyfin to style itself for TV and work with keyboard/controller. There’s also a YouTube TV app (I forget what it’s called, but it’s on Flathub).

I use the windows gyro remote from Pepper Jobs, and it works great. The PC sees it as a keyboard.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah seems super gaming oriented that's why I doubted, but apparently there's a Bazzite HTPC version, will probably start with trying that and see how well it fits the situation

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Oooh shoot, bazzite HTPC version? Tell me more.

Edit: wait, are you referring to deck mode?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I think they are. However you can add other (non-game) applications into steam's launcher if you want access to more utility than a media center focused os would provide.

Then again a dedicated os like Kodi can use hdmi-cec to allow you to control the PC with the same remote for the TV.