Same reason NVIDIA finally started prioritising open source drivers for linux all of a sudden… Its AI :/. The laptops are even called copilot+ PCs. They wanna make AI dev for those data centers that keep popping up as easy as possible. Thats literally the only reason.
Shoutout to that guy who complained about people not answering your question, only to not answer the question!
Anyways, to answer your question. NO, you cannot install another OS onto your smart TV, much like a PlayStation and XBOX will always use a proprietary launcher (unless you know what you’re doing and are very willing to tinker).
The solutions you have are as follows:
Keep using your smart TV, but forget and disconnect all WiFi. If possible, remove the WiFi hardware. Then connect a computer running Linux to the display input of the TV. Use this for all WiFi related stuff. (Or get an old, non-smartTV, but good luck!)
If you truly want to go full schizo and avoid any and all potential telemetry. Based on ur usecase, you do not use TV functionality; you only need a big display. You can get a large monitor or “Commercial Signage Display”. These often dont come with WiFi hardware at all. Then simply connect ur Linux computer like you would an android TV.
I’d recommend KDE plasma “big picture mode” as your desktop env. But Its still in development so YMMV.
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