[Budwyzer]

Wikis are so useful. LOL

But I gotta do actual work right now.

[MrCrispy]

Linux will be cheaper due to OS costs. But for those who have a valid key, this is not a factor. I'm no expert by any means, but I have found installing things on Windows is generally simpler, even (and esp) for open source products. e.g. I had an easier time configuring mysql on Windows.

[cones]

Linux will be cheaper due to OS costs. But for those who have a valid key, this is not a factor. I'm no expert by any means, but I have found installing things on Windows is generally simpler, even (and esp) for open source products. e.g. I had an easier time configuring mysql on Windows.

That's more of an opinion though, my opinion would be that it's easier in linux because you just open a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install mysql-server". Then you'd just configure it from there.

[MrCrispy]

Linux will be cheaper due to OS costs. But for those who have a valid key, this is not a factor. I'm no expert by any means, but I have found installing things on Windows is generally simpler, even (and esp) for open source products. e.g. I had an easier time configuring mysql on Windows.

That's more of an opinion though, my opinion would be that it's easier in linux because you just open a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install mysql-server". Then you'd just configure it from there.

True. It's all about what you are familiar with.

[cones]

For the raspberry pi, positive - small size, no fans, low power, built in cec. Negative - can be slower then others.

[nickr]

Which is frankly why these comparisons are of limited value. One man's operating system disk is another man's frisbee.

Overall ratings will always reflect the biases of the assessor - some people care about power consumption more than smooth gui, others insist on a power machine so that aeon looks nice.

[artrafael]

Which is frankly why these comparisons are of limited value.

And of limited time value as hardware and software costs and features are a moving target. While there may be initial enthusiasm in contributing input to such a comparison, interest will wane over time and the information will become obsolete as products are discontinued and no one steps up to maintaining the comparison regularly and on a long-term basis.

[nickr]

Yeah look at every "linux compatible hardware" list that has ever been started by well meaning people...

[MrCrispy]

I think there is value in a list like this as long as we are able to define different classes. e..g

1. general purpose - will run light gaming (possible with integrated gpu's), full 3d support, run some background tasks, future proof
2. xbmc with power to spare - run advanced skins+plugins, lav/mad renderers etc, possible to decode video/audio in cpu if needed, full 3d/hd support
3. basic xbmc playback - simple skins, depends on hw decoder

Cost and power consumption goes up accordingly. e.g. Pi is obviously perfect for #3 but would fall short of other 2.

[nickr]

And the info changes almost monthly.

[Budwyzer]

For the raspberry pi, positive - small size, no fans, low power, built in cec. Negative - can be slower then others.

I think built in CEC is worthy of a "+", but the rest are shared by all set-top boxes IE Pivos Xios and Apple TV.



On the Android version. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Android version doesn't support HW decoding on all platforms, if any.
- So a "-" here would be "May not support hardware decoding, requiring a higher end mobile CPU for higher resolution video" ? Correct?

[cones]

I was just going off of what i've actually had experienced with. I believe the android thing is true but i haven't used that version in a while.