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I started with Ubuntu and could not keep it running. Ubuntu Alsa bugs would loose my sound for no reason. Every time I would boot my box there was a 70% chance my IR would not work. Then I installed an open-ssh server and X11 would not allow XBMC to run. Clumsy Nvidia driver installs also. And none of these issues were XBMC, they were all Ubuntu.
I switched to Windows XP and no issues. Movies that had a high bit rate would not play on Ubuntu and they perfectly on XP. For some reason my videos are clearer on XP also. My buddy switched to XP also and found the same thing, XP is easier and more stable. I never thought I would praise BillyWare!
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Windows Vista Ultimate x64. Running perfectly.
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2 systems with Ubuntu 8.10 and 1 system with Ubuntu 9.04.
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windows, 3 machines total, 2 dedicated HTPC machines.
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"Don't see Windoze do that"
Troll......... Yawn..............
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Guess what? Linux all the way on all machines, flavor: My beloved Arch Linux.
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WOW... XBOX is still way higher than I expected. Guess the fact that it started there, many people may not have HD TVs, and that they are basically free on Craigslist and Ebay makes them popular.
But... Windows is still the highest, as I would expect.
Honestly, I'd love to use Linux but the IR remote situation keeps me from it. LIRC is a PITA and I have a USB-UIRT which makes it even more difficult on Linux... but a breeze on XP.
If there was an easy IR solution to Linux, since it has hardware decoding I'd be all over it with a silent PC!
I'm not an expert but I play one at work.
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2009-04-22, 17:10
(This post was last modified: 2009-04-22, 17:27 by Haggy.)
Sorry - i don't get it. What has YOUR statement to do with me holding up the flag for lirc?
You are true - i don't know about the apps you mentioned, and honestly i don't even care, but after all that was not the point. i justed wanted to make clear that the average (welcome) linux newbie has to deal with the hassles and frustration one might come upon. there simply is no nice and shiny mouse controllable settings dialog most of the time - and that's fine because it urges you to read and understand what's going on beneath the shiny interface.
instead of understanding my post the way it was meant you're throwing windows apps at me i and the post i was answering never asked for?! i don't get it...
EDIT: If you're fine with windows - stick to it, but don't come up here whining about LIRC when YOU apparently have no clue or are not willing to invest more than 2 mins reading those zillion howtos out there.
EDIT2: that's the funniest part of your posting: "usually based on their own lack of research" - now i wonder who has lack of research.
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The Ubuntu distro is really not very easy to deal with, and I am a UNIX admin / programmer for the past 20 years using Solaris and Red Hat and in the earlier days SCO. I was very disappointed in how Ubuntu flaked out with constant IR and sound issues. Just look at the sticky in the Linux section - "Sound no longer working", well I had that problem at least once a week. After patches and trying different things and discussions with other friends and co-workers who also had the same issues we finally made the switch to XP and no more missing sound or IR. Another issue was upgrading Nvidia drivers, I never saw such a mess. Granted some of these issues are poor packages like Alsa or Nvida's install script but who needs these hassles.
I can't imagine how a non techie who has no working knowledge of Linux could possibly survive running Ubuntu with XBMC, it's just not that stable. I even had some non-working .mkv blue ray rips that choked when running the Ubuntu XBMC that play perfectly with XP/XBMC, that really surprised me, I assumed XP would have more issues. This is one of the very rare occasions where I am going to praise Billyware. It really bothered me switching to XP, but the goal is to have a stable environment.
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Haggy,
Maybe we misunderstood your post... If we did it was due to your phrasing...
"Nothing as flexible and powerful as LIRC"
- pretty clear statement, and not correct if talking cross platform, as your post mentions both. If you meant on ONLY Linux, you did not clarify.
"It virtually controls anything in Linux, not just xbmc. That's something most windows users first have to deal with"
- looks like you are saying it cannot be handled in Windows easily... again not correct.
I'm not an expert but I play one at work.