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I never tried it but, LibreELEC is focused for mediastreaming usage.
You just need to get confy with Kodi and it's plugins.
I mentioned in the post that I did try LibreELEC but the Plex plugin is very buggy and there is no functioning youtube plugin.
I wasn't going to reply, but when I thought about it, you can install wayland on top of linux.
The kind of benefit you're getting out of this is better driver support (from the kernel) & less resource usage (lightweight distro + wayland on background = 2GB~ish ram usage).
Also it'd be easier to get Gapps running (if you need it) on waydroid rather than rooting lineageOS TV to do so.
I tried it once & it was more than enough for light gaming, IDK about plex but hardware acceleration is supported since there's no VM tech utilized (nividia isn't supported tho).
Most linux distros with wayland should be enough, but check Wayland install page just to be sure it's well supported (by distro), I see void-linux & ether configured labwc or KDE plasma should fit your needs better.
Android TV is FOSS, but given Google's recent announcement I wouldn't take it's future openness for granted.
That said, I think it's the best FOSS OS for TVs.
Thanks, I found a LineageOS build of Android TV I'm currently trying to get it up and running. CEC seems like it might be broken however which would sadly be a dealbreaker.
I use mythtv (FOSS) and it's fine as a PVR (schedule, record and playback broadcast TV) with a SiliconDust HDHomeRun network-attached tuner. It also has playback for downloaded files but I prefer to use mpv for that. Mine is still connected to the internet and I use firefox/transmission for youtube and other functions.
No idea about plex or jellyfin.
Lineageos I have several of these and they work great for the price. It is still android TV if that's an issue, but they run fine without Google services for jellyfin, kodi and smartube.
Oh cool, thanks, it works with hdmi-cec? Android is not an issue exactly, I basically just want something to replace my TV "apps" but without ads and more private.
EDIT: did not fully read the comment. I have a raspbnerry pi.
there are decent lineageos builds for rpi btw
Yeah, they're different devices, roughly $30.
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