My nearest way is using my steam controller but isn’t comfy to navigate Netflix or other streaming websites.

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This comment now makes me wonder why there’s isn’t an kind of Desktop Environment that specifically made for TV and game console, with the UI design that is easy to use with remote/controller and touchscreen

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It’s easy to adjust a DE for it, the issue is that no apps are built to work on a big screen. There’s basically Steam, Kodi and that’s about it.

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You have basically just described Kodi.

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But isn’t Kodi an straight up media player instead of full blown Desktop Environment?

You still need an DE/WM installed on the system to run Kodi, you cannot just run Kodi by its own thing directly

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You don’t need a window manager to run Xorg clients. You’re probably better off using a light one, but it’s not strictly necessary.

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@Otherwise_Direction7 @ccunix Yes Kodi is indeed a medic center, but you could launch it directly though a custom xsession, without the need for a de or wm. See the paste link below…

http://paste.debian.net/plain/1291488

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