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Not an answer but a follow-up question: is there open firmware for TVs like Openwrt for routers? I have never heard of such a project, but it sounds like it wou

by fph 2y ago

Not an answer but a follow-up question: is there open firmware for TVs like Openwrt for routers? I have never heard of such a project, but it sounds like it would be useful.

jonwinstanley 2y ago
Yes. I’d love this. The software on tvs is awful. Plus many new tvs have ads baked in. An open source OS would be a dream.
- phantomathkg 2y ago
  Software on TV (and worst, set top boxes) is awful is due to the fact that it is an under power CPU and limited memory. The app you saw is either web app in Webkit Embedded or similar embedded, Android app (Android TV) or Roku brightscript app.
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WithinReason 2y ago
There is this: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io
- Kirby64 2y ago
  Not open source OS, just a homebrew store. Not quite the same thing.
phrotoma 2y ago
https://www.samygo.tv/ https://www.samygo.tv/
- xattt 2y ago
  That project has fallen victim to people losing interest. A section for 2011 model year TVs has WIP tags for the last 9 years. This might as well have a perpetual under construction shovelling man GIF. After I install it, then what?
user070223 2y ago
Perhaps Google TV(there is both an OS and a service by that name, the OS was once called Android TV)?
pabs3 2y ago
Another one for LG TVs https://openlgtv.github.io/ https://openlgtv.github.io/
pabs3 2y ago
Most of these TVs run Linux. This lawsuit by Software Freedom Conservancy is aiming for eventual creation of an OpenWRT-for-TVs project (similar to how an earlier lawsuit created OpenWRT). https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liberation.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liber... TBH though, we don't need another distro specific to certain hardware types, instead we need standard distros like Fedora and Debian to support TV hardware and use-cases.

by fph 2y ago

Not an answer but a follow-up question: is there open firmware for TVs like Openwrt for routers? I have never heard of such a project, but it sounds like it would be useful.

jonwinstanley 2y ago

Yes. I’d love this. The software on tvs is awful. Plus many new tvs have ads baked in. An open source OS would be a dream.

phantomathkg 2y ago
Software on TV (and worst, set top boxes) is awful is due to the fact that it is an under power CPU and limited memory. The app you saw is either web app in Webkit Embedded or similar embedded, Android app (Android TV) or Roku brightscript app.
- deleted 2y ago
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WithinReason 2y ago

There is this: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io

Kirby64 2y ago
Not open source OS, just a homebrew store. Not quite the same thing.

phrotoma 2y ago

https://www.samygo.tv/ https://www.samygo.tv/

xattt 2y ago
That project has fallen victim to people losing interest. A section for 2011 model year TVs has WIP tags for the last 9 years. This might as well have a perpetual under construction shovelling man GIF. After I install it, then what?

user070223 2y ago

Perhaps Google TV(there is both an OS and a service by that name, the OS was once called Android TV)?

pabs3 2y ago

Another one for LG TVs https://openlgtv.github.io/ https://openlgtv.github.io/

pabs3 2y ago

Most of these TVs run Linux. This lawsuit by Software Freedom Conservancy is aiming for eventual creation of an OpenWRT-for-TVs project (similar to how an earlier lawsuit created OpenWRT). https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liberation.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liber... TBH though, we don't need another distro specific to certain hardware types, instead we need standard distros like Fedora and Debian to support TV hardware and use-cases.