2008-01-20, 19:11
This question is coming from an OSX / Linux noobie but a Windows veteran. I'm interested in possibly running OSX w/ XBMC and this sparked some thoughts.
The question strictly pertains to XBMC running on an OS... not "which OS is better".
I'm curious if OSX has anything inherent that Linux does not which XBMC can leverage technically to provide a more robust feature set?
So you get where I'm going with this...
Widgets:
I can see how Widgets might allow massively easy GUI customization for users?
From my research (remember noob here) it seems that there may not be a single/unified Linux Widget engine - thus each desktop has their own flavor. If this is the case, I'd see an advantage for OSX here.
Seamless Windows Application Interop:
Using VMware Fusion, the Windows apps we might need/want to run for PVR, Home Automation, etc and tightly integrate with XBMC might be possible here.
Please chime in...
The question strictly pertains to XBMC running on an OS... not "which OS is better".
I'm curious if OSX has anything inherent that Linux does not which XBMC can leverage technically to provide a more robust feature set?
So you get where I'm going with this...
Widgets:
I can see how Widgets might allow massively easy GUI customization for users?
From my research (remember noob here) it seems that there may not be a single/unified Linux Widget engine - thus each desktop has their own flavor. If this is the case, I'd see an advantage for OSX here.
Seamless Windows Application Interop:
Using VMware Fusion, the Windows apps we might need/want to run for PVR, Home Automation, etc and tightly integrate with XBMC might be possible here.
Please chime in...