If you get a usb remote you can bind the home button to rofi or something similar to make a quickstart menu for apps and websites you use most often.
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zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev 1 month ago
There are probably better alternatives, but I have a raspbery pi plugged into my tv and use KDE connect to remote control the mouse and keyboard from my phone
dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
ayaya@lemdro.id 1 month ago
Plasma actually has a UI for smart TVs if you weren’t aware, although I have never used it myself so I’m not sure how good it is.
plasma-bigscreen.org
ECB@feddit.org 1 month ago
I’ve heard that the focus is on the ARM versions (so maybe they are much more developed) but I tried the x86_64 version on my HTPC recently and it was super barebones.
In the end I found Gnome with a few extensions to be a better solution for my needs
zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev 1 month ago
Nice, I’ll check it out. I’ve been meaning to customize the desktop a bit more but it works well enough for the moment.