| Gavin W. Burris on 26 Jun 2015 06:42:39 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Where's the best place to learn about mini-PCs? |
There is also this. For your consideration, the Intel Compute Stick... http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html The product PDF proudly touts Ubuntu support! Nice. On 01:17PM Thu 06/25/15 -0400, Lowell Higley wrote: > *> It would be killer to get Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and local> > media, all on one Android stick in an HDMI port. Anyone doing this???* > > Probably not what you were getting at but... I've purchased both a > Chromecast and an Amazon Firestick. For $4 more, the firestick is well > worth the $39. Not only do you get Prime (not available on Chromecast) you > get a remote. As much as I like my smartphone.. just not as > easy/convenient to use as a real remote with real buttons. The firestick > also works on hotel wifi networks (I travel a lot). > > I did resist buying the firestick for awhile because of Amazon's refusal to > play well with others but finally gave up. > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Gavin W. Burris <bug@wharton.upenn.edu> > wrote: > > > Hi, Greg. > > > > Android may be the way to go. And yes, XBMC/Kodi is awesome for local > > media, but many of its add-ons for streaming services are wonky. > > Breakage is to be expected, because these add-ons are not supported by > > the service providers. Many of them amount to web scrapers. When a > > website change, as they often do, the add-on breaks. It's really hard > > to compete with the user experience of a first-party app that uses a > > supported API. > > > > It would be killer to get Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and local > > media, all on one Android stick in an HDMI port. Anyone doing this??? > > Maybe the Roku stick is able to do all of this. Can all these apps be > > installed on a generic Android device that has HDMI, I wonder? Or would > > you be in side-load hell? > > > > Cheers. > > > > On 11:33AM Thu 06/25/15 -0400, Greg Helledy wrote: > > > Gavin, > > > > > > It sounds like an Android-based device might be better for my wants, > > because > > > I can run Kodi and Netflix official apps, instead of having to call up > > > Google Chrome to watch it on linux and having to deal with a UI that's > > > awkward when not at a keyboard and mouse. > > > > > > When you write "XBMC is the best for a local media library", do you mean > > > that I should be looking at something else for accessing online > > content--is > > > there something better than Kodi? > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > >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.? > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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