2009-07-14, 16:50
Hi, I'm in the process of buying a Atom/Ion HTPC and am planning on putting on XBMC but I've not used it since my old Xbox V1 days and things have certainly moved on since those days.
My basic requirements are:
Media browsing and playing of HD 1080 files
Access to BBC iPlayer
Access to my home networks NAS and Mac for transfering files
Torrent program
I'm fairly used to Windows and OSX but fairly new to Ubuntu so was looking at XMBC Live - however my main question is do I have access to the underlying OS or is it all hidden and only the media player available? Do I have access to install and run other programs such as web browser/torrent programs?
Thanks
My basic requirements are:
Media browsing and playing of HD 1080 files
Access to BBC iPlayer
Access to my home networks NAS and Mac for transfering files
Torrent program
I'm fairly used to Windows and OSX but fairly new to Ubuntu so was looking at XMBC Live - however my main question is do I have access to the underlying OS or is it all hidden and only the media player available? Do I have access to install and run other programs such as web browser/torrent programs?
Thanks