[MacUsers]

Hi guys,

I've been away form my media center/XBMC part of life for a little while, so just following up. Is it okay to use Ubuntu 10.10 (64-bit) for XBMC 10.0 (r35648)? Is there any reported problem as far as the version of Ubuntu v10.10 concerned in terms of running XBMC? Thanks in advance. cheers!!

[JackieBrown]

I use the newest released ubuntu. The kernel and alsa versions supported hdmi sound without all the hacks that were previously required

[pho01]

no prblem on 10.10, sir! just usb disk is not automatically mounted, but i suppose that solution will be found pretty soon.

[darkscout]

The way LIRC is handled is completely different. It's what caused me to go back because I didn't want to deal with it and I spent a ton of time getting my LIRC layout working perfect.

[MacUsers]

Apart from the LIRC issue, is there any real advantage [or dis-advantage] upgrading to v10.10? Cheers!!

[dan1son]

If you're just using it for XBMC there's really no advantage for you. If you use it as a workstation, it might have some compelling reasons to upgrade. http://digitizor.com/2010/10/10/ubuntu-1...reenshots/

[graysky]

If you want more of a light weight system, try Arch linux rather than Ubuntu. I highly recommend Arch.

[joethefox]

following this guide XBMCbuntu and installing maverik 10.10 server, after BIOS post, I've XBMC up and running in about 8 seconds (SSD hard drive). Thanks to debian, I think that dpkg/apt is one of the best package manager system I've tried.
EDIT: and my remote control works well thanks to this post [LINUX] HOW-TO to use iMON Remote on Ubuntu 10.10 with Linux input layer on Harmony