There were some posts over the holiday season asking for projects to donate to, and for those who have the means to comfortably do so, this is an important gift to consider.

If there's only a limited amount each of us is able to give, I assume there's no point giving it all to, for one example, The Linux Foundation, because a small personal donation is trivial next to the ~$15,000,000 USD they receive from sponsors dependent on them[1]. I understand that funding sources can be a major and profound source of bias[2] and ideally we would be, for example, helping to make Firefox independent of Google, but until we have more collective power, it's not worth letting smaller important projects struggle instead.

So, which important projects should we leave to the sponsors, and which really need our support?

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[–] taiidan@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Eh? TV boxes? Just use a web brower. What is a TV box?

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do you not have a TV? I've watched stuff on my monitor, sure, but sitting on the couch watching TV is what the vast majority of people do.

Unless you mean connecting your computer to your TV? I did this for awhile, there are ways to make it work, but I much prefer using a Chromecast or similar device to simplify the whole interaction.

[–] taiidan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a low power nuc that I use to watch TV. All streaming services + KODI or whatever. I don't know why I would use some proprietary dongle. I prefer FOSS.

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's cool. Is there an option for "casting" type software to emulate a Chromecast? I like choosing stuff on my phone and sending it to the TV

[–] taiidan@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 hours ago

We have a all-in-one keyboard and mouse. Labeled function keys to start streaming services with Chrome in kiosk mode. Obviously, mouse to navigate is in some ways more work than a remote, but actually much faster. Similarly, typing for a search is way faster with keyboard. Side benefit is that it's larger size means it won't get lost in the couch cushions.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, or at least I was not able to find anything that would be fully Chromecast compatible receiver implementation. The Chromecast protocol is closed source and has encrypted communication. A few hacks exist but nothing that would be easy usable or anywhere stable.

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

That's a bummer, but makes sense.

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

to simplify the whole interaction

and watch video in full HD.

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well I think of the people who have 4K stuff (I don't), there's probably a lot of gamers who have 4K monitors by not TVs? Just guessing, IDK 🤷‍♂️

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not even talking 4k, literally just 1080p—most streaming services won't stream above 720p in a web browser.

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Oh that's fair, yeah especially on Linux