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Hi,
Gonna fresh install XBMC tomorrow. Is Xubuntu a good candidate as I like the idea of a small memory footprint.
The PC will run XBMC only.
Any drawbacks?
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I've been running Ubuntu with the Xfce Window manager for while now & find its definitely easier on the cpu. I especially like the way you can access the menu by clicking anywhere on the desktop.
When I built my Htpc it was with Xfce from start so I couldn't tell you if it has a more positive effect than Gnome or Kde. But I've had no more problems than anyone else on here.
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It's possible to run XBMC with no window manager at all actually. There's a thread or two here on how to do it, you might also look at the live XBMC image that's out there - it's pretty stripped down!
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Ya,
Problem is I still need to set up samba shares between the second partition and a Windows XP box.
The secondary 450 GB partiton holds all my media files.
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450 not going to last you long! Look into a NAS, I use unRAID and find that it handles my needs well. Obviously there are others but you're going to quickly run out of space if you keep much online at once. I have ALL of my media online and having it so easily accessible rocks.
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2008-11-02, 14:47
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-02, 14:51 by Kryspy.)
BLKMGK,
Yeah I hear ya. The drive has just under 200 GB left now. I dabbled with freeNAS and it fit the bill just fine.
I will most likely go that route again once this drive gets near full.
Kryspy
