I once asked somebody for a spreadsheet (they were trying to import the data into my software and it was failing), and got back a .doc file containing a screenshot of Excel running the spreadsheet.

I was in awe of how somebody could misuse so many pieces of software at once.

Indeed. What you are looking for is a spreadsheet.

Don’t overcomplicate things.

Why do people use this when Jellyfin exists?

Jellyfin seems solid.

The only issues I’ve had are with dodgy media files. Obviously better player hardware gets you better performance, but transcoding eliminates some of those issues.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/intel/

At least until MS muddied the waters with “hibernate”.

Which doesn’t sound like much, but if you have applications designed for 1024x768 (which was pretty much the standard PC resolution for years) then at least it would fit on the screen.

I use an Nvidia shield pro.

Certainly handles Jellyfin and Moonlight (for gaming, I could never get Steam Link working smoothly).

I assume there’s a YouTube client you can drop on it but I don’t use YouTube for much because I can’t stand YouTubers.

That’s less than a kettle, in the UK at least.

Of course I wouldn’t want to be running that all the time, because electric ain’t cheap.

I think that last one would be what they’re aiming for.

It’s no longer Xbox vs PlayStation. It’s PSN vs GamePass.

It just seems mental that they have an entire cloud gaming platform and it doesn’t connect to it.

Yes, but if the server isn’t fast enough to do it, then you’re going to have a bad time.

Yeah, it should have been fine. Was latest Ubuntu as well. Maybe something iffy about the laptop hardware, some obscure thing that wasn’t supported. In any case it’s gone now.

I tried this recently with a 10 year old laptop. Much better specs than that. 6GB RAM, ran W10 incredibly slowly due to HDD.

I couldn’t even boot the Ubuntu USB installer.

I find Kodi decent on my nVidia Shield, where Jellyfin often struggles. Especially when it comes to subtitles.

Strongly dislike the UI though.

Same in my smaller UK city. If you’re a tourist, it’s probably a decent idea. Might work in London or somewhere like that. But Nottingham? Who is going there to see the sights? There’s only a slightly rubbish castle. Don’t take long to see that. Most of the Robin Hood tat is up at Sherwood Forest, and you ain’t taking a toy scooter to go and see that.

For a commuter, that scooter would be taken to their office, would sit outside all day, then they’d take it back. Just the regular 9 to 5 workday. That’s not a sustainable business model. They’d need to be just in a really busy area, and in use all the time.