How to get infinityOS to use a 10 foot interface for use with HDTVs?

Created by Ryan Oram
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10 foot interface
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Ryan Oram

I increase the size of the Xfce panel on my HDTV to 42 px and increase the Custom DPI to 140 dpi (this setting can be accessed via Applications -> Settings -> Appearance -> Fonts).

With a high enough DPI, the default Xfce can be very easily turned into a 10 foot interface. Xfce/GTK+ is completely resolution independent and I've made sure all the included applications work with a high DPI (even the browser will display web pages in big fonts).

I have also included a keyboard mapper by default in infinityOS called QJoyPad (it's the gamepad icon in the notification tray). For there you should be able to program your remote. It even has mouse mapping support.

SMPlayer, as well, allows you to map every function to a button on your remote.