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Unfortunately I can't figure out the scope of this project from the content on the site right now. Perhaps if there are any contributors reading this they might like to clarify?

The tagline on the home page is "A privacy-respecting, open source and secure TV ecosystem" so that sounds promising. Is this some sort of alternative firmware to replace the junk installed as standard on most "smart" TVs now - like installing OpenWRT on your network gear or rooting your phone and installing one of the alternative Android distros?

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> Is this some sort of alternative firmware to replace the junk installed as standard on most "smart" TVs now…

I believe it's more along the lines of an open-source Apple TV or Roku box.

I am dissapoint.

What could you actually run on something like that? None of “normal” apps would be there for the various streaming services.

I guess it could be a plex front end but outside of that can it really do much people usually do with their TVs?

My TV is WebOS. One of my streaming boxes is Android. I stream to my phone from an Android phone sometimes. I have an old Mac Mini with Ubuntu hooked up to a TV. I have two different XBox systems hooked up to two different TVs. These devices all have applications to stream video from things that aren't Plex.

But those are all non-open source solutions that Netflix, Amazon, etc. are willing to make apps for.

I don’t see streaming services making apps for this district any time soon.

Ubuntu is primarily open source.

It sounds like the answer is no, but if Software Freedom Conservancy win their lawsuit against Vizio for GPL violations in their TVs then Linux distros, including this, could get ported to Vizio TVs.

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

It is not an alternative firmware one can flash, it is something that can run on any existing linux distribution either on a single board computer or your PC connected to a TV screen

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