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maw230
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Ok, so I'm in the process of organizing my media collection. I've been running xbmc for quite some time, but with a sloppily organized collection. So, I have no qualms with trying something completely new if it piques my interests.
My questions is this: What is your opinion of the best way to run XBMC on a PC??
Linux?
Windows?
XBMC Live (whatever that may be)?
I have a built htpc box that handles 1080p with an onboard radeon 4200. Triple core AMD does just fine and my new Ripjaw 4gb set of RAM is on the way ($25 on Newegg today - holy shit).
I'm more than willing to try Ubuntu or whatever the cool kids can convince me does the best job.
I'm not overly concerned with setting up a mySQL server for multiple users as my focus now is on the living room.
So, what say you?
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I would say whatever you are more comfortable with. If you're a Windows guy, use Windows. If you like Linux use Linux. Overall, I would say most people use Windows.
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2nd Thunderbunny. Sounds like you just want it to work and if you are not familiar with Linux then "just working" is difficult.
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Hmmm that's a difficult one. If you are more familiar with windows and don't have the time or are not willing to put a lot of energy in trying to figure out how Linux works, then i'd suggest you stick with Windows.
That said, until recently i knew absolutely nothing about Linux/Ubuntu but decided to try XBMC Live anyway. Because i didn't want to lose my working Windows XBMC setup, i used another HDD for testing. That way, if anything fails or whatever, i just had to switch HDD's to get my working Windows setup back.
Now, i switched over to XBMC Live completely and i must say i like it a lot more than the Windows version. It uses much less resources because there's no Windows running in the background.
Also, i like the "dedicated machine"-feel: There is no windows desktop or loading-logo. After the BIOS messages i see a "XBMC loading" splash screen and after that XBMC starts immediately. Also, my boot time has increased a LOT!
Sorry for my English :-)
I hope this helps you.
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Do you want to use if for anything else. If I didnt have a netflix account I would probably go with the live version. I ran the live version off a USB stick to play with it and it ran faster then when it was running in windows. I was very impressed with it and it just worked. I found my remote and I didnt have to do much of anything on it.
Of course I am a linux user at heart so it is killing me to have windows running under it so I can get to netflix :\. oh well.
Thanks,
SoBBie
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maw230
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I guess I am confused. If you boot from USB,can you still access the machine's internal storage?