• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    I wonder if anyone has made a custom rom for TVs, sort like Lineage or Graphene. These panels run Android, so why not?

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      9 months ago

      I have seen some talk over on XDA forums, but since there is more to an android TV than just the basic android OS, it’s a bit trickier without risking losing licences/compatibility/DRM/features.

      Some older LG webOS tvs can be rooted and custom apps installed too such as ad free youtube players etc.

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        9 months ago

        Just found some LG business TVs/displays/signage that actually run Tizen. Remember that cool Linux distro that was supposed to take over the mobile world nearly 15 years ago? Well, turns out, it didn’t, but it didn’t it die completely either.

        Hopefully those panels are a bit more hackable or more privacy oriented.

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          9 months ago

          Gets even weirder when you see LGs webOS kinda started out as PalmOS

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          9 months ago

          Gawd, not Tizen. Their documentation is horrendous, there’s no wonder it never took over if developers were mentally punished for thinking of creating apps for it.