2011-10-07, 05:35
What is MiXBMCu you might ask? (MintXBMCuniversal)
It is the simplest live version of XBMC for Apple TV (original), or PC Platform.
What makes it so simple?
It is a USB disk image that you copy to a 8 Gig USB thumb drive. It will start a system with no internal hard disk required
First it is based on Linux Mint 10 which I feel is the most stable and easy to use version of Linux to date, hands down. Linux Mint is easy to use even if you are new to linux.
At first start simply select your session as Gnome, and you will be taken to an easy to use GUI. Then check for drivers in the control center, and install the latest drivers for your system.
For Apple TV it will be Plug and play if you remove the internal hard disk, or copy the partitions to the internal hard disk. I may make a GUI to facilitate this copying, but have not yet done so. The same GUI might also work as PC installer
Based on
ATV Bootloader 0.6 ( as the 1.0 did not seem to work with Mint and GRUB 2)
GRUB Legacy (Stable)
LinuxMint 10 (Based on Ubuntu 10.10)
XBMC Dharma 10.1
Repositories installer add-on (Install all repos easily)
For the new linux user, no adding repositories, and no compiling.
I suspect that in the weeks to follow I will have put the final touches on it and make it available.
I was inspired to do this because I did not like the older Ubuntu and other distros (except XBMC Live) which seemed frustrating at times to an average Linux user, let alone a noob. As for XBMC Live,Ubuntu does not make all repos and drivers available by default as Mint does. This makes for easier hardware support.
If anyone wants to test this, as it is currently (incomplete), please contact me. Especially if you can test on Apple TV with HDMI and know your way around Linux. I suspect however it may have some issues with HDMI
See this link for download and information
It is the simplest live version of XBMC for Apple TV (original), or PC Platform.
What makes it so simple?
It is a USB disk image that you copy to a 8 Gig USB thumb drive. It will start a system with no internal hard disk required
First it is based on Linux Mint 10 which I feel is the most stable and easy to use version of Linux to date, hands down. Linux Mint is easy to use even if you are new to linux.
At first start simply select your session as Gnome, and you will be taken to an easy to use GUI. Then check for drivers in the control center, and install the latest drivers for your system.
For Apple TV it will be Plug and play if you remove the internal hard disk, or copy the partitions to the internal hard disk. I may make a GUI to facilitate this copying, but have not yet done so. The same GUI might also work as PC installer
Based on
ATV Bootloader 0.6 ( as the 1.0 did not seem to work with Mint and GRUB 2)
GRUB Legacy (Stable)
LinuxMint 10 (Based on Ubuntu 10.10)
XBMC Dharma 10.1
Repositories installer add-on (Install all repos easily)
For the new linux user, no adding repositories, and no compiling.
I suspect that in the weeks to follow I will have put the final touches on it and make it available.
I was inspired to do this because I did not like the older Ubuntu and other distros (except XBMC Live) which seemed frustrating at times to an average Linux user, let alone a noob. As for XBMC Live,Ubuntu does not make all repos and drivers available by default as Mint does. This makes for easier hardware support.
If anyone wants to test this, as it is currently (incomplete), please contact me. Especially if you can test on Apple TV with HDMI and know your way around Linux. I suspect however it may have some issues with HDMI
See this link for download and information