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FOSS Alternative to Chromecast? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm in the process of degoogling and I'm stuck trying to find a reasonable alternative to Chromecast. It would be great if I could stream music/video from my phone to my TV from apps like RiMusic, Tidal, and NewPipe. Are there any good solutions? Even better if friends and family can use it with minimal additional setup.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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. https://plasma-bigscreen.org

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Any suggestions about Gnome extensions?

I use Gnome on a 42" tv the only thing I've done is increasing zoom level since the couch is a bit far from the screen. In the browser I set up the new tab screen to have big icons that link to some of my bookmarks, using a browser extension. That's all I've done compared to a vanilla setup. I have been using that for a few years with no issues but curious about how I could improve my experience!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's basically what I did too.

I just installed dash to dock and made the icons quite large, then rebound a button on my air-mouse to the super key (to bring up the dash). I also installed Just Perfection and used it to hide the top bar unless the dash is open.

90% of the time, I'm just using Firefox, so I don't need anything too fancy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

ah cool, yeah I also hide the top bar but I'm using this one https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/545/hide-top-bar/ your one looks more flexible I might try

the dash to dock extension looks nice I will give it a go as well

Thanks!

[–] zygo_histo_morpheus 2 points 4 months 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.