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Can't agree here, sorry.
My current lucid 64bit setup with XBMC was the easiest combo I have had so far. I wouldn't see any major problems with my hardware or anything.
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Same here, no such new problem with 64-bit lucid XBMCbuntu combo so far, plus impressive boot-time performance. The problem I see, such as occasional crash, sound-loss etc. are there with XBMC from the beginning, at lest from the day I started using it. Cheers!!
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lucid pro:
- comes with current alsa, very important for HDMI audio (nvidia etc.)
- fast boot times
lucid contra:
- no usplash support anymore
- still some manual configuration related to xbmc (esp. live) to get acpi-related stuff going etc.
--> when you want bleeding edge, have some linux experience and are able&willing to find out solutions to common problems by yourself, go for it. if not, stay with the koala and/or 9.11 live camelot until the next release comes. 10.5, 10.8 or something like that.
also I have to admit, having tested just recently the DSplayer windows builds, the windows version has come a long way! it is now really good especially for the unexperienced windows user who doesn't like to fiddle with package management, command line graphics driver updating and kernel management. I'll stay with XBMCbuntu because it gives me a more customized media player-like solution but the windows alternative is nearly just as good as a media center substitution. kudos to the windows coding team!
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I have problems with sound levels under Linux.
Used Windows version and sticked to it. No sound problems. I don't care that it would boot longer as I always hibernate so it takes only 10-15s to use.
Btw, currently you don't have to use DSPlayer as newer builds have DXVA2