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XBMC Live vs. Ubuntu 11 + XBMC - toxicious - 2011-10-18 I own a ASRock 330HT that I have been running XBMC Live 10 since it released. It has been working fine, though I have been dual-booting with Windows 7 to be able to watch some tv shows on the internet (since XBMC lacks a browser). Though switching from XBMC Live into Windows 7 takes some time. I wrote an addon that reboots with specific option to change the start order temporarily (in grub) so it boots into windows, and then when I reboot in Windows it goes back to the usual order and boots XBMC Live. It works, but I don't feel it is optimal. So I thought about installing the latest Ubuntu and then installing XBMC and add it as autostart in Ubuntu, then I can just minimize XBMC and open a browser to do my things. So my question is, what is the pro's and con's with using Ubuntu (11) + XBMC compared to using the Live version? The thing I am mostly interested in is the performance. As my htpc isn't that powerful (gotta get a new one sooner or later), I still want to be able to play back 10gb blu-ray rips without lag as I can with my Live version - Chris! - 2011-10-21 I'm pretty sure the live version is basically a stripped down version (no ui or software) of ubuntu "Operating-System XBMC Live 'Dharma' (10.1) is currently based on the Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS, that is, it is Linux based. The operating-system has completely been hidden away on purpose, the point is to create set-top-box feeling with as close to instant-on boot as possible, (similar to that of a stand-alone DVD-player or video game-console). The end-user should not need to know which operating-system it is running on, or even that it is running on an operating-system at all, for that matter." If you're really curious you could clone your xbmc live install and install ubuntu over it and give it a shot. That way you could use the application launcher addon to open a web browser from XBMC - toxicious - 2011-10-22 Yeah I will test on a separate partition. - voochi - 2011-10-22 If you want performance try OpenElec. XBMCLive is XBMC running in a stripped down Ubuntu OS. OpenElec is XBMC running in a custom Linux OS, there is nothing there except what needs to be. It is wicked fast to boot and uses very little ram. - Chris! - 2011-10-22 voochi Wrote:If you want performance try OpenElec. Problem is that it doesn't have a web browser which is what the op needed to watch certain other online shows... otherwise I would also have recommended openelec in a heartbeat - toxicious - 2011-10-23 I installed Ubuntu 11.10 and XBMC on top of that, but the performance decrease was quite big compared to Live. So that is a no-go for now. I also tried OpenELEC just for fun and that was amazing really good setup and speed :> why can't they just build a browser inside xbmc.... - N3MIS15 - 2011-10-23 Maybe try installing firefox ontop of the live install? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=68505 I remember seeing this a while back but i have never tried it myself.. - toxicious - 2011-10-23 maybe I will try it - DejaVu - 2011-10-23 Na, Google Chrome running with XBMCLive FTW. - voochi - 2011-10-23 toxicious Wrote:I installed Ubuntu 11.10 and XBMC on top of that, but the performance decrease was quite big compared to Live. So that is a no-go for now. The OpenElec devs were planning to build a browser into it. But then they heard that it was a planned feature in XBMC so they stopped their work. http://openelec.tv/forum/19-feature-suggestions/49-webbrowser That is over a year ago so I don't know the current situation. - toxicious - 2011-10-24 Hmm weird, what I can remember every question about building a browser into XBMC has been answered with "Will never happen". |