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swanson

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Registered: 2020-04-22

Posts: 140  

Devuan on PC replacing the smartness in smart TV

I've run a Linux PC on my TV's since 20 years and during this time Smart TV's have made their entrance . Since 7 years it's been only Devuan, of course. The UI on Smart TV's leave A LOT to be desired, I think. It's slow and cumbersome and eventually the TV can't be upgraded anymore.

My most recent example is a Samsung TV with relatively new software which very often lost contact with the net. You had to restart the TV all the time. And on top of that, the cumbersome UI.

A real Linux PC has many advantages; Easier configuration of the network (DNS in this case), easier to watch like Youtube without ads,  if so inclined you can watch several shows, clips, videos at once. (Freedom). And play a game at the same time, and check your mail, and google stuff. And read the Devuan forum too.

With wireless keyboard and mouse, you can lay back in your couch and enjoy life.

And in this backwards world of ours, a TV without the "Smartness" would be more expensive than a TV with Smartness.

The one drawback, is that your mind might become even more fragmented.