I just started messing with linux on an old laptop. Tried VNC and got annoyed. Switched to xRDP and it works as intended but performance is lackluster on a local network.

Anyone have thoughts or tips?

My go to is a refurbished slim mini pc. Like a dell or HP for sub $100

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Another newbie here.

It’s worse when you go to bed and get your clarity as you’re trying to sleep.

Now you gotta decide if you wanna wake up, stay up or get up… I try to settle for writing a note.

Camera?

Like a Webcam camera? What’s the use case? Can you map the pins to a SPC like a raspi or ardrino?

Nice write up. Crazy how fat cats find ways to milk the cash cows.

I’m reminded of how the freaking NFL of all things is considered a non profit somehow. Simply due to the fact that they pay themselves so much money.

Basically auto power on after restore power.

Meaning if you get unplugged (or power outage) turn back on like any other networking gear.

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Mihon is the successor

I have two pi4s but I’m looking at orange pi for the full hdmi. I’d rather keep the raspi for headless stuff like for my 3d printer.

But Put a different launcher on it and don’t see the ads

Is this even still possible since they did that stupid force prompt to pick a profile on wake? I’ve started to hate it since then.

• Is there any way to stop all profiles showing when starting fire stick
• How do you turn off “show profiles at wake”?

Yeah LineageOS seems like a fantastic option to run on a SBC. Setup F-Droid on it with an autolauncher and you’re good. I’m learning a ton just from these answers and it’s fantastic. Appreciate the feedback.

The fire sticks I currently own are a few generations old. I have to unplug and replug two of them in to even use them. Initially I was hoping for a new $20-$40 device I wouldn’t have to spend several hours tinkering with to get it to play nicely. (Time is money after all)

But after the assistance from the other lemmings I’ve decided to try and work with the fire sticks I currently have just for the experience.

Once that fails I would purchase an ONN to replace my fire sticks and setup linux on a mini pc for my living room. Mini PC is already in place. Just need to learn more Linux. I might distro hop around.

Yeah it’s a balance between privacy/performance/time. When I say I don’t want a mainstream device. It’s I don’t want mainstream bloat on my device. These things never age well and they become unusable with all the bloat. My best path might be getting a regular device and either flashing the OS or debloating.

Got any links to guides? This sounds like a nice intro device.

A quick search got me this using your keywords.

I’m aware. I can do it right now with the fire sticks. But they run the crap, loaded with ADs, Kodi crashes and it’s amazon branded. I’ve been looking for replacements. Currently looking at ONN from walmart for a cheap solution or a orange pi 3 for a nicer small solution. After that I’d do a tiny pc.

Yeah my issue is I have fire sticks and I want to transition away from it. Instead of purchasing another mainstream device I was hoping there would a lemmy approved alternative.

If you need 4+ of these devices that already have streaming methods that’s quite an investment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdLnieL90d0

This one?

That product is about 10x the price. At that point I can pickup an old mini PC and mount it behind the tv.