But Bazzite is a gaming OS, isn’t that very user unfriendly? Or do you auto start Jellyfin on startup? Or are your parents just… not boomers?
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hperrin@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
For my parents, I got a $150 N100 mini PC, installed Bazzite, installed Jellyfin, and got the Pepper Jobs W10 Gyro remote. You have to configure Jellyfin to know it’s running on a TV and to accept keyboard input (the remote acts like a keyboard), but then everything works great. It’s a little over your budget, with the added remote.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Bazzite runs the SteamOS interface. It’s extremely user friendly. It’s designed to look like a console.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
You have no idea what ‘user friendly’ can mean for boomers. A button that says “Next” is already something that need to be talked about explicitly
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 days ago
Excellent - thanks for the remote recommendation, it’s one thing I’ve been struggling to find.
Not sure I like the gyro idea - I had a gyro presentation mouse in the past. Worked well, but how do your parents like the gyro element?
hperrin@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
They don’t use it unless my dad is watching a perfectly legal sports stream in the browser. It works really well though. I have 3 of those remotes, cause I love them.