Home theater PC options

HTPC operating systems

• SteamOS
  • Still based on Debian 8 jessie (as of 2024-11)
• Stremio
  • Successor of PopcornTime
• LineageOS 20 Android TV (Android 13) for Raspberry Pi 4

Kodi based

• LibreElec

Deprecated:

• OpenElec

Desktop env

KDE plasma bigscreen

• Website
  • Based on Wayland
  • Mycroft integrated
  • Plasma Bigscreen Gitlab
    • Development stalled
  • Apps
  • Couldn't get sound over HDMI working :/

Install

Distributions offering Plasma Bigscreen:

• Debian package
• ManjaroARM
  • Plasma Bigscreen first boot wizard bails on RPi 4
• PostmarketOS: Mostly for smartphones

Deprecated

• LinHES
  • Linux Home Entertainment System
  • Baed on MythTV
• Geexbox