Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.
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Ladies, break it up. Calm your butts.
Relax, play some Super Mario World.
(unless you're stuck on Lemmy's castle, then (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
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@itsnitro said in Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.:
Ladies, break it up. Calm your butts.
Relax, play some Super Mario World.
(unless you're stuck on Lemmy's castle, then (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
I would say if you're stuck on finding the secret exits on the star world levels lol.
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I did say the PS4 sucks. But my reason wasn't because it lacks a text editor: my reason was because it tries to lock out the possibility of a text editor. (Or anything else not signed by Sony)
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Anyways,
I think what should happen is to have an addon that allows Web Browsing, Video Streaming, etc.
Like a RetroPie Plus or something of the sorts.Well? Anyone agreeing with me here?
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@BenMcLean said in Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.:
I did say the PS4 sucks. But my reason wasn't because it lacks a text editor: my reason was because it tries to lock out the possibility of a text editor. (Or anything else not signed by Sony)
LMAO bro, you just said you didn't now you do. Do you know how ridiculous all of this sound when you scroll up and read everything? Why would the PS4 even have a text editor since 100% of the people buy it just to play games. It would be the most retarded reason to not get a console. I won't buy a car because it doesn't fly (remember that). I won't get a fridge because it doesn't have the option to heat my food... A mindset like that doesn't make sense, if you think it does I wish you good luck in your life.
@itsnitro said in Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.:
Anyways,
I think what should happen is to have an addon that allows Web Browsing, Video Streaming, etc.
Like a RetroPie Plus or something of the sorts.Well? Anyone agreeing with me here?
Video streaming; Kodi + it has controller support.
Web Browsing;there could be many problems with loading up pages, comparability issues. I don't think many people will use it. I believe longtime ago someone created a topic about this.EDIT: here is the topic I was talking about:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3410/web-browser-on-emulation-station/3
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@itsnitro said in Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.:
Well? Anyone agreeing with me here?
Well as I see it, an optionally installed app would either show up in the "Ports" menu or else maybe what we actually need is just something like "Controller Companion" (virtual keyboard and mouse) for the Pixel desktop environment which is smart enough to scrape the controller config out of RetroPie / EmulationStation. Then you could control the pixel desktop environment with the gamepad, and have access to its entire library of available software in a way that involves the least amount of impact on RetroPie. Such a program might also solve the problem with gamepad support on Minecraft and LOVE as well.
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Fine, lets make this real simple so that even you can understand it: Fundamentally, I don't buy game consoles because a game console is a stupid idea and no one should ever buy game consoles. Game consoles rot your brain and are bad for kids. Instead, I buy computers, and also put some games on them. If kids are involved and they're interested in games then I see the point of this as getting them to take an interest in technology that should be leading somewhere with an eductional or artistic benefit. Games should spurr learning and creativity. Game consoles are bad and PCs are good because you can make games on a PC but you can only waste time on a console. Is that simple enough?
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@BenMcLean said in Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.:
Fine, lets make this real simple so that even you can understand it: Fundamentally, I don't buy game consoles because a game console is a stupid idea and no one should ever buy game consoles. Game consoles rot your brain and are bad for kids. Instead, I buy computers, and also put some games on them. If kids are involved and they're interested in games then I see the point of this as getting them to take an interest in technology that should be leading somewhere with an eductional or artistic benefit. Games should spurr learning and creativity. Game consoles are bad and PCs are good because you can make games on a PC but you can only waste time on a console. Is that simple enough?
LOL. You still keep on insulting me eh. Haha. You're the one here who doesn't understand it bro. Your idea is simply ridiculous. Most gamers here don't even care. And now what you wrote is even hilarious, you have to be either very ignorant, so ignorant that your mind got stuck so you start trowing up random crap at others, or you;re trolling. In a couple posts ago you said a console is simply a PC now you say the opposite. ROFLMAO.
So console games make you stupid and PC games not. Haha, why do you even use RetroPie to play console games? Oh troll, click on that X in the right upper corner.
You're one of the worst trolls I ever seen, you can;t even do it properly. Ok, whats next.
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@PetroRie You're pretty annoying, and clearly just want to keep this dumb argument going.
@BenMcLean As far as things like a comic book reader or Google Maps goes, I see no problem with those being optional packages if someone who cares about it does the work to port them over, but I can understand why the developers still wouldn't if there was no clamor for it.
As far as lacking controller support for certain tasks, what tasks are you referring to that you can't do way more easily with your computer and ssh? The only thing I have ever used a keyboard for was my wifi password. I also had to use a mouse to scroll down during the controller setup in Kodi, but that might have been the build I was using.
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@thedeathstar If you want to think I'm annoying thats fine with me. We're here on a public forum, if someone disagrees with you you shouldn't get upset.
If someone comes to a forum of which the majority are all retro console gamers, says console gaming makes you stupid then I really think he's not being serious and is just trolling. If you scroll up you would see that he was provoking since his early posts here.
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The whole discussion is wildly off topic. Looking back to how it was steered here is a pretty big stretch. Please just agree to disagree and move on. @BenMcLean, if you're looking for a proactive way to move forward, create a pull request and see how it's received. I wouldn't hold out much hope, as interest in all this is pretty low, but running around in circles here certainly won't achieve anything.
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@thedeathstar said in Is RetroPie the new xbmc / kodi? Discuss.:
The only thing I have ever used a keyboard for was my wifi password. I also had to use a mouse to scroll down during the controller setup in Kodi, but that might have been the build I was using.
Those are the biggest things I had in mind, yeah. The wifi thing wouldn't be quite so bad if it at least managed to remember wifi networks, but what it's doing currently is that if you go connect to a wifi network somewhere else, but then bring your PI back home later, it won't remember your home network at all. Then what makes that even worse is that you need to get in with SSH sometimes to do a safe reboot, and can't do that if there's no wifi, so it's really not safe to run the thing without a network, and since setting up a network requires a keyboard, it's not safe to take it anywhere without a keyboard.
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