How to watch Live TV on the Linux desktop with Hypnotix
Want to watch free TV on your Linux desktop? With Hypnotix, you can! The Hypnotix application gives you access to tons of free, legal live TV channels right on the Linux desktop. Here’s how to use it.
Installing Hypnotix on Linux
Before we can use Hypnotix to watch TV on Linux, we’ll need to install it. To install the app, you must open up a terminal window. You can open up a terminal window on the Linux desktop by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or, search for “Terminal” in the app menu.
Once the terminal window is open and ready to use, the installation can begin. Install the Hypnotix application on your Linux PC by following the installation instructions outlined below.
Ubuntu
To install Hypnotix on Ubuntu, you must do it via a PPA. To add the PPA to your system, use the following add-apt-repository command below. This repo houses Hypnotix, along with other Linux Mint tools.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/mint-tools
After adding the PPA to your computer, run the apt update command. This command will refresh Ubuntu’s software sources and enable the repo on your computer.
sudo apt update
Once the “update” command is run, you’ll be able to install the Hypnotix application on your Ubuntu system with the following apt install command.
sudo apt install hynotix
Debian
It is possible to install the Hypnotix TV app on Debian Linux, however, you must download a DEB package, as the PPA doesn’t work. To get your hands on the latest Hypnotix DEB, run the wget command.
wget https://github.com/linuxmint/hypnotix/releases/download/1.1/hypnotix_1.1_all.deb
After downloading the DEB package to your computer, you can install it on Debian using the apt-get install command. Running apt-get install rather than dpkg, allows Debian to correct all dependencies at installation time.
sudo apt-get install ./hypnotix_1.1_all.deb
Arch Linux
Hypnotix is available for installation via the Arch Linux user repository. To set it up on your computer, you’ll first need the Trizen AUR helper to facilitate the installation of packages.
To get Trizen, enter the following commands below in your terminal window.
sudo pacman -S git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/trizen.git
cd trizen/
makepkg -sri
With the Trizen AUR helper installed on your Linux PC, you’ll be able to install the Hypnotix TV tool on your Arch Linux system using the trizen -S command.
trizen -S hypnotix
Fedora
Fedora Linux doesn’t have a package available for Hypnotix. However, feel free to try the PCLinux OS RPM package as it may work for Fedora. If not, you’ll need to try to compile the software via Github.
sudo dnf install https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/64bit/RPMS.x86_64/hypnotix-2.6-1pclos2022.noarch.rpm
OpenSUSE
Thanks to the OpenSUSE Build Service, you’ll be able to install Hypnotix quite easily. To start, head over to the Hypnotix page on the OBS. Once there, find your OpenSUSE release, select “Show experimental packages,” and select the “1 Click Install” button.
How to watch Live TV on the Linux desktop with Hypnotix
To watch Live TV on a Linux desktop with Hypnotix, open up the app. You can open up Hypnotix by searching for “Hypnotix” in the app menu. Once it is open, follow the step-by-step instructions below.
Step 1: When Hypnotix is open, you’ll see three choices. These choices are “TV Channels,” “Movies,” and “Series.” Find the “TV Channels” box and click on it with the mouse.
Step 2: After selecting the “TV Channels” box, you will see the country selection area. Countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, the United States, the UK, and many others.
Step 3: Select the country in which you wish to watch TV in Hypnotix. After selecting your country, you’ll see a sidebar. In this sidebar, you’ll see various TV channels that are available to watch.
Select the channel in the sidebar to start watching TV. Or, click the back arrow in the top-left to select another country.
Watching movies in Hypnotix
Hypnotix, in addition to free TV channels, gives users access to free (legal) movies to watch in their app. To watch movies on Hypnotix, follow the step-by-step instructions below.
Step 1: Launch the Hypnotix application on the Linux desktop. After launching the app on your computer, find the “Movies” box and click on it to load up the Hypnotix movie area.
Step 2: In the “Movies” area, you’ll see various free VOD apps that you can use to watch a movie. These services include “FilmRise Movies, Pluto TV, and others. Make a choice to load up a movie in Hypnotix.
