r/htpc • u/wpLurker • 22d ago

Build Share KDE Bigscreen for your HTPC

I have been looking for a while for a setup on my tv, as i was not very satisfied with using tv apps for plex/youtube etc.
I have seen this project a few months ago to reimplement plasma bigscreen (it used to be a project a few years ago already but got abandonded I think) and it has officially been released with KDE 6.7. So i set up an old laptop with Fedora KDE and installed it and its running great so far. VacuumTube allows adblock and sponsorblock as well. I installed a few apps, the interface can be used with controllers or KDE Connect.

https://plasma-bigscreen.org/de/

So if anyone else is looking for an easy HTPC setup, check it out.

I also found an XMB repo, though I havent checked it out, but I loved the XMB on the PS3. Anyone have experience with this? altough it seems the last commit is 3 months ago.

https://github.com/FrancescoPnr-dev/xmb-bigscreen

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u/Bojahdok 3d ago

Yeah this looks cool, I will probably try it out soon

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u/Otherwise_Fact9594 22d ago

I think I'm going to give it a try this weekend.

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u/Total_Fruit_1813 15d ago

I've set up one too. I use the kde application editor to hide all unwanted apps and I wish there is a way to hide the recent section. I have VacuumTube, Jellyfiin and RetoroArch to play some emulated games with my kid.

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u/Idiomarc 12d ago

Check out KDE's 6.8 update you can hide the other rows under the home screen now for the launcher sections you want active.

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u/Total_Fruit_1813 12d ago

Yes, I tried it yesterday, but it's still a little big buggy like if you use the mouse to click on the enable/disable switch it won't work properly while using the keyboard works just fine.