2007-07-19, 17:41
I like to suggest that the Team-XBMC developers involved in the XBMC Linux port look into using EmbeddedUbuntu (Ubuntu Embedded) as the XBMC's main official reference Linux distribution (to use in the future for LiveDistro/LiveCD distros). Maybe not make the official move now today but how about this fall/authum when it is officially released (which it should be at the same time as Ubuntu 7.10)?, though note that experimental ALPHA version already exist which you can build today for testing.
Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition announcement:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu...00289.html
EmbeddedUbuntu WIKI:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EmbeddedUbuntu
What does "Embedded" mean in regards to an operating-system and hardware?
Embedded system is not originally designed to run on normal computers but instead special-purpose stand-alone computers and devices like, Set-on-top boxes, PDAs, Internet Tablets, digital video recoders, and car-PCs, embedded Linux is also now common on network devices such as routers and NAS (Network Attatched Storage). Embedded operating-system are usually a slimmed down version of a full operating-system, nornally all the 'bloat stuff' not used by the main application running on the device have been stripped down or removed to save space and increase performance. Linux embedded is usually designed for "instant-on" performance, (normally with the help of some kind of hibernation/suspend techniques like loading the whole operating-system from UEFI). Since embedded operating-systems are stripped down they usually also contians less bugs and are considered more reliable than a full operating-system which has much more code and dependencies.
What is EmbeddedUbuntu (Ubuntu Embedded) and why should XBMC use it?
Ubuntu recently announced "Ubuntu Embedded Edition" (primarly aimed at Intel's new mobile internet devices, a.k.a. MID, and UMPC, ie. Ultra Mobile PC devices, hardware which is mostly based on ARM-architecture processors but EmbeddedUbuntu will also work on any x86 (386) based processor as well). The first release of this edition is planned to take place in October once with the release of the Ubuntu 7.10 version (codename Gutsy Gibbon). The fact is that the Xbox also is an embedded device (just like all other video-game consoles) and XBMC has always been designed to run a an embedded application, this is what could make this a marriage made in heaven.
What do you guys think? ...soon it may be time to start our own LiveDistro/LiveCD distro anyway(?)
PS! Gentoo has since a few years back had a similar project with similar goals to create an embedded version of Gentoo. A few other alternatives are the EmDebian project (official website emdebian.org), and ThinLinx.
OpenEmbedded is also something we might want to loon into. OpenEmbedded is a full-featured development environment allowing users to target a wide variety of devices, making the building of Live CD's and such simpler.
Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition announcement:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu...00289.html
EmbeddedUbuntu WIKI:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EmbeddedUbuntu
What does "Embedded" mean in regards to an operating-system and hardware?
Embedded system is not originally designed to run on normal computers but instead special-purpose stand-alone computers and devices like, Set-on-top boxes, PDAs, Internet Tablets, digital video recoders, and car-PCs, embedded Linux is also now common on network devices such as routers and NAS (Network Attatched Storage). Embedded operating-system are usually a slimmed down version of a full operating-system, nornally all the 'bloat stuff' not used by the main application running on the device have been stripped down or removed to save space and increase performance. Linux embedded is usually designed for "instant-on" performance, (normally with the help of some kind of hibernation/suspend techniques like loading the whole operating-system from UEFI). Since embedded operating-systems are stripped down they usually also contians less bugs and are considered more reliable than a full operating-system which has much more code and dependencies.
What is EmbeddedUbuntu (Ubuntu Embedded) and why should XBMC use it?
Ubuntu recently announced "Ubuntu Embedded Edition" (primarly aimed at Intel's new mobile internet devices, a.k.a. MID, and UMPC, ie. Ultra Mobile PC devices, hardware which is mostly based on ARM-architecture processors but EmbeddedUbuntu will also work on any x86 (386) based processor as well). The first release of this edition is planned to take place in October once with the release of the Ubuntu 7.10 version (codename Gutsy Gibbon). The fact is that the Xbox also is an embedded device (just like all other video-game consoles) and XBMC has always been designed to run a an embedded application, this is what could make this a marriage made in heaven.
What do you guys think? ...soon it may be time to start our own LiveDistro/LiveCD distro anyway(?)
PS! Gentoo has since a few years back had a similar project with similar goals to create an embedded version of Gentoo. A few other alternatives are the EmDebian project (official website emdebian.org), and ThinLinx.
OpenEmbedded is also something we might want to loon into. OpenEmbedded is a full-featured development environment allowing users to target a wide variety of devices, making the building of Live CD's and such simpler.