2009-08-13, 01:34
MacLeod_1980 Wrote:Would you suggest a full install of Ubuntu on the flash drive, with XBMC on top? Or are you talking about XBMC live, if so how does library data get saved?
Personally, I went for XBMC Live. What I did was boot XBMC Live off 1 USB stick, and chose the install method to install to another USB stick. This basically results in XBMCBuntu. Everything is saved as usual. I've since updated to the latest SVN versions of XBMC, updated Nvidia drivers etc.
A friend of mine started in Live, but couldn't get some things working, so ditched it and went for the full ubuntu install. He has all sorts of other problems now.
If you don't know Linux, I'd recommend going Live. You're not losing out on anything XBMC wise by doing it, and it's much easier to get working. Just beware that you cannot just install Live and be done with it. You need to upgrade to a newer verison of xbmc to get smooth 1080p playback.