Which Linux distro is running in Thomson TVs. What are the capabilties.
Unless you have the ability to root it, does it matter? It’s likely a completely custom, stripped down distro anyway.
Just want to stay away from Android TV crapps and ads. ( Also, dont need root as of now - Based on forum posts, root access is not allowed )
Android TVs are also Linux TVs, in fact I have a good degree of certainty that most smart TVs are Linux, developing a whole OS from scratch is hard, much easier to use one that already exists.
Samsung uses tizen, based on linux, maemo, bada: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizen
LG uses webos, based on linux, palmos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS
“Honey! Our TV isn’t showing up channels!”
“Gee, fine. Hold on.”
ssh gnu.linux@1.2.3.69
cd /sys/devices/tv/channels
cat channels_list
[none]
Ah, *beep.
“Honey the remote stopped working”
God damn it the last update installed libir 2.1.5 which pymote 4.7.0 isn’t yet compatible with.
“Smart” TVs are such a waste when they lock all the hardware and firmware into a device that’ll either be unsupported in a few years or too slow to work with new apps.
I’d much rather a dumb TV and stick a Roku/Raspberry Pi. via HDMI. You get all the same control but none of the bullshit
i just want a dumb tv with the latest panel tech and no planned obsolescence. I have so many computers that can provide “smarts” already
More importantly, can we get root access.
The chinese-spyware repo has been deprecated, the new spyware is under tiktok-py-systemd. Be sure to update so you’re protected against the latest anti-spyware being developed.
