This is my first post, so please be gentle.

I have been running Linux at home for about 6 years as my only OS of choice. My wife has challenged me with taking one of my older micro-computers (it's a Hades Canyon) and turning it into a replacement for our aging Roku. My intention is to have it be Linux so I can run game servers on it in the background (where it won't affect my wife's viewing) while she can use it to watch Hulu or Netflix or Disney+ or whatever other streaming service she's on these days.

It has an air remote mouse to set up for it like a remote (even has a tiny keyboard to use on the back), and I tried to set it up like the Roku using Linux Mint but there doesn't seem to be a good way to limit it to only show buttons for the channels like the Roku does.

My own efforts at research have not come up with any great alternatives. I was thinking of setting it up like a tablet, but there don't appear to be any good ways to install that onto a desktop-type computer.

So, I am asking here for some guidance from folks who probably know this far better than myself. What would be the best way to set this up?

Thank you for your time and attention.

You asked essentially the same question in another thread; please see the LQ Rules about posting duplicate questions in multiple forums. Reported.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ox-4175713195/

I waited two days for the admins to release this post before posting the other one, which actually got responses.

If you have nothing better to do, by all means, report the post. Frankly, I thought it had gotten deleted.

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