| Gavin W. Burris on 25 Jun 2015 05:52:27 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Where's the best place to learn about mini-PCs? |
Hi, Greg. XBMC is the best for a local media library. Great experience running it on various Linux boxen for years now. I'd recommend an Intel Atom processor with NVIDIA graphics for that. The video acceleration and quality output are choice. Take a look at the Asus EeeBox offerings. Noiseless and low heat is perfect for the tv cabinet. http://www.asus.com/us/EeeBox_PCs/EeeBox_PC_EB1503/ Be warned that the Netflix integration on Linux with XBMC is really wonky. I don't use it because you lose control of the interface when XBMC launches Netflix in Google Chrome fullscreen. I haven't poked it in a while, but I just couldn't get it to go properly fullscreen and keep remote control. Cheers. On 06:55PM Wed 06/24/15 -0400, Greg Helledy wrote: > I use a Wii to watch Netflix in the living room. I recently found out about > Kodi (formerly XBMC) and would like to be able to watch all this additional > content available on the internet from my couch. > > After poking around a little, it looks like these mini-PCs come in both ARM > and x86 versions, the ARM ones with Android and the x86 I'd have linux on. > I don't want an Amazon device because they have their own store (and have > banned Kodi, at least for now). There are many products on ebay, > aliexpress, and of course Amazon. But which one to choose? > > What are good sites to visit to learn my options: hardware features, OS and > applications, etc.? > > -- > Greg Helledy > GRA, Incorporated > P: +1 215-884-7500 > F: +1 215-884-1385 > www.gra.aero > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Gavin W. Burris Senior Project Leader for Research Computing The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug