My nearest way is using my steam controller but isn’t comfy to navigate Netflix or other streaming websites.
OK, buy a webcam and set it up so it’s pointed at your couch or wherever you sit in front of your TV. Make the webcam audio and video stream available on a public server. Then do all your web browsing in vanilla Chrome with no ad or script blockers. Make sure that you always have tabs open for Amazon and Facebook, and allow their web apps access to the webcam data.
The smart TV experience.
KDE has an interesting project that lines up with this. Unfortunately I’m not too sure how progress is. Plasma Bigscreen
Off topic but I’m surprised by the amount of smart tv hate in this thread.
I have a Philips TV with Android TV. I use it for YouTube, Twitch, Spotify and occasionally for other streaming services. I actually really like the experience. Everything is a few clicks on a remote away, the UI is clean, it works reasonably fast.
I’m not going to argue about privacy though, that’s definitely terrible.
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On the software-side of things; Kodi is cool. As for remote control, consider referring to Kodi’s Wiki-page on the matter for options.
Btw, honestly your query is way too vague. If possible, please provide us with more info so that we can better help you 😉.
Smart TV experience? As is tons of ads in any app? Crappy user interfaces, out of date apps and plenty of tracking? You want to replicate that?
FWIW I never experienced any of the above besides the tracking, that’s there for sure.
…isn’t the point of OP’s question to look for alternatives to that sort of experience? Personally I am also looking for a way to make my Linux PC usable for TV use because navigating with a keyboard and mouse is annoying when sitting on a couch tbh.
