Installing linux on an Android tv box

Hello everyone!

I had the bright idea of trying to install linux on a MX Android TV Box

I have never done anything like this before, but i have installed normal instances of linux on regular computers (kde neon, ubuntu)

I quickly learned that i needed to find a specific linux distro for this specific box, or else it wouldnt work

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First issue: I dont know what the name of this specific box is, it says MX on top and not much more

I did however, find the manual, in which is said : Android 4.2 ARM Dual cortex A9

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Can anyone tell me how to proceed from here?

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CodeWeavers is looking for a general Wine developer [Valve/Steam Proton]. Does anyone know somebody who is interested?
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!linux@lemmy.ml

First of all, feel free to repost this. None of it was my idea and I'm just trying to communicate what I was told elsewhere.

The past events on Reddit have made some people distrustful of site admins. In a few news/discussion posts there appeared comments remembering past issues with the platform. It was in one of these posts that one user suggested an alternative Reddit-like website: Lemmy.

Personally, I'm not "switching" to it in the foreseeable future. Still, I'm actively lurking, upvoting and posting to try and make the site more active. The largest community in there is !linux@lemmy.ml, so at least (as a Linux user) I can use that and hope other communities will eventually grow to be on par.

All I've learnt about the network in the short time I've been using it is that it's open-source, decentralized and federated with other similar sites. Makes sense that there are so many Linux users in there... Anyway, this is what I found thanks to another angry redditor like me, I think it was only my duty to spread the message to whoever would want to hear it.

PS.: if you do join the site (and lurk and upvote and post), you can select 'All' in the front page and sort by New. This will show you the entire traffic of posts across all federated instances in real time... which is not a lot, by the way, but it's enough for me.

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Linux wireless sometimes do not load, upon boot. Sometime does.

As stated I have and had both Ubuntu 20.04 and Elementary OS 5.1 installed along side windows 10. I am currently on Elementary, but thinking of switching back to Ubuntu, or windows since Linux has been nothing but frustration, after the honeymoon appeal wore off.

It boots to linux naturally (without any interference from me), but sometimes when it does it doesn't load my wireless drivers.

If I restart it, it sometimes will fix itself and load the drivers, just restart no additional actions besides restarting. So I do not think it is an issue of not having the drivers, but rather having it load. What is causing this, and what can I do to load drivers when it doesn't load?

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Why GNOME looks Tablet and Touch Desktop oriented when it's not on any tablet or most people don't have touch display?

Just curious. I used to hate GNOME but the latest releases made me change my mind. But I still don't get the philosophy behind the design choices.

Like the big icons/folders, no try icons and no window buttons out of the box.

P.S: I am really impressed by GNOME 40. Tried it on fedora and it's very nice but still I miss those things/don't like the huge icons and even the top bar is a little too thick for me. I know I can fix all this with Tweaks but why not as an option but needing a third party tweaks? Why people should rely on extension too that are not made by the GNOME team? I am pretty sure the workflow will be more fluid if it's baked in the system.

Just a couple things I've been wondering about.

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Linux performance monitoring with USE-methode

Hello,

based on Greeg Brendan's "USE-method" I wrote an org file, in which I show how you can monitor and trouble shoot the performance of Linux host with different cli-tools. I hope this is useful to some of you. I would appreciate any feedback on possible errors or alternate tools:

https://github.com/SebastianMeisel/Ostseepinguin/blob/main/Performance.org

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LibreSSL unaffected by recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=161677442407905&w=2

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Is it worth installing Linux on mac book Macbook Pro 2013 13"?

For the last 4 years, the MacBook Pro 2013 13" has been very hot, even while browsing light web pages. I tried a clean install but still, the problem persists. Is it worth trying Linux on it? It would be perfect if someone has experience running Linux on this machine.

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NETWORK MONITORING SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS (Manjaro)

I installed vnstat 2 weeks ago. It worked fine and monitored my network traffic as I hoped it would. Then it stopped monitoring my network devices. I thought nothing of it at first. Now 12 days later it still isn’t monitoring my devices. I don’t want to troubleshoot. I just need alternatives that will just keep doing their job. I’m using Manjaro.

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Opinion On Mageia

What’s up linux users, what is your opinion on the independent distro Mageia?

My Opinion:Never Used It

So what is your opinion on Mageia, since most of you must have used almost every distro(I think)

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Sharing an open-source service I was introduced to by an angry redditor

Reuploaded: more denoscriptive noscript

First of all, feel free to repost this. None of it was my idea and I'm just trying to communicate what I was told elsewhere.

The past events on Reddit have made some people distrustful of site admins. In a few news/discussion posts there appeared comments remembering past issues with the platform. It was in one of these posts that one user suggested an alternative Reddit-like website: Lemmy.

Personally, I'm not "switching" to it in the foreseeable future. Still, I'm actively lurking, upvoting and posting to try and make the site more active. The largest community in there is !linux@lemmy.ml, so at least (as a Linux user) I can use that and hope other communities will eventually grow to be on par.

All I've learnt about the network in the short time I've been using it is that it's open-source, decentralized and federated with other similar sites. Makes sense that there are so many Linux users in there... Anyway, this is what I found thanks to another angry redditor like me, I think it was only my duty to spread the message to whoever would want to hear it.

PS.: if you do join the site (and lurk and upvote and post), you can select 'All' in the front page and sort by New. This will show you the entire traffic of posts across all federated instances in real time... which is not a lot, by the way, but it's enough for me.

https://redd.it/megxz6
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personalizate my linux

i recently install parrot os with mate desktop. so... y'all can give me tricks, tips and etc to personalizate my distro? ;3

(if anyone have this program.. i search also a program when you can combine the top bar of the windows with a superior panel on the screen. i see it on kde, but i don't remember his name and don't know if exist in mate)

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Do other linux distributions have thing like the AUR?

I have only used Manjaro, and I am looking into other distros, what do they have instead of the AUR? I think the AUR is the largest, and nix OS is the second largest, I don't know. What are these things called and where can I see how big each distro has?

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YouTube app playback speed control support

Are there any versions of YouTube app for Sony KDL TVs runs on Linux armv7l Opera 12.50.9.80, for LG 55LA790V TVs runs on Linux armv7l LG Browser 6.00.00, that would allow to have playback speed control?
Does such option exist in TV based apps of YouTube

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Linux Command Line basics to Advance
https://udemy24.com/linux-command-line-basics-to-advance/

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I became a moderator of and overhauled r/grub!
https://reddit.com/r/grub

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Adding a "support/donate" button to the native application centers can greatly help increase donations to free software projects and prevent many good software from Dying

I recently read an article about free software and learnt that less than 5% free software users actually pay or donate something for the projects which leads to stagnation or death of the project due to lack of funds,
I guess it is partially because its difficult for a user to actually go and fund a project directly on there site, its just tedious for them


I feel integrating a direct donation/support button to the app center can really help developers and ensure quality products in future


i think having something like this could really help entire free software community in general


\(I saw this on a video about elementary os, its really a nice concept for every distro to use \)

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QApt issue - where can I report it?

QApt is not displaying the first letter of the package denoscription. GDebi for comparison.

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I would also like to report this to GDebi team.

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Why are some linux Youtubers so edgy? Rant|

So over the past few weeks I've noticed a trend in Linux content on YouTube, Theres this genre of content thats super edgy and which is sometimes informational but throws in forgotten memes and insults people in their videos.

Before I go any further, Let me just say not all linux Youtubers are like this. I dont really use linux or care about it that much but I still find the videos of Gardner bryant, Chris titus tech and the lunduke guy to be very educational and entertaining all while being super respectful.

I have mainly three examples to back up my claims.

1. Mental Outlaw

His content while educational has a healthy dose of outdated memes sprinkled in, and I just cringe whenever he says "normies" or "noobs". I mean the dude compares the general population to prisoners, Yeah I get the point that youre trying to make but there is a better way of going about it my dude. He even compares normal people to slaves that fought for the confederacy. Like are you comparing software preferences to an actual human tragedy? Like watching his content theres just this general feeling of contempt towards people who dont use linux. I just feel like he doesnt understand that different people have different use cases than him

2. DistroTube

Again, his content is educational and most of the time he is very respectful but from time to time the dude goes off the rails. Best example of this is a video where he talks about software rights and then transitions to gun rights and starts brandishing his guns and asks people to buy AR-15s and shit. Like okay but how is that in any way related to Linux and free software? On top of that he rants about other individuals / companies exercising their freedom. For example Mozilla said something about making the web safer and he took it as censorship and went on a rant. Again someone came up with a license that allows for ethical reuse of code and again he lost his shit because the creator wanted to prevent unethical use of their code.

3. Luke Smith

In my opinion the edgiest of the three. distrotube, credit where credit is due puts his money where his mouth is, he doesnt like mozilla, he uninstalled it. But luke hates web bloat and ads. In his recent videos he rants about this lady who has ads on her blog, he basically says that she dosent incur a lot of expense to run her blog and therefore she should remove ads from her blog. I guess he didnt stop to consider that his might be her way of making a living but what ever. Hypocritically he has multiple ads on his videos and donation links. Going by his logic he hasnt incurred a lot of expenses for running his channel therefore he should stop monetizing his channel.

He is very similar to mental outlaw edgy memes and outdated references and a general contempt for general people. But he goes above and beyond that. In a video he goes off on a massive 9 minute rant about indian people. Why? Because their tutorials have bad mics and he doesnt like their accent. Like i would get it if they gave you incorrect info but ranting about people for conditions outside of their control is just sad.

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Again these are things that I observed, you might disagree with me and thats fine. I feel like if a new user watches these videos I dont think theyre representing the community in a good way. But then again they dont have to do that, they dont have to conform to my expectations but I sure as hell can rant about them.

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This week in KDE: all the things
https://pointieststick.com/2021/03/26/this-week-in-kde-all-the-things-2/

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I've saved a 15 years old 32-bit computer with linux.
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