2014-03-21, 22:48
(2014-03-18, 17:17)fritsch Wrote: For all those asking for 14.04, head over to: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189553 which is the testing thread for new xbmcbuntu based on 14.04 Trusty.
(2014-03-19, 10:51)Questionario Wrote: will there be any disadvantage over using the version described in this thread here?
(2014-03-19, 10:52)fritsch Wrote: Test xbmcbuntu v13 and tell us :-)
xbmcbuntu uses lightdm to start xbmc, this howto uses a more simple upstart script, while not having a windowmanager at all.
I did test it and DTS-HD works on both of them for me, I do like this "manual" version better but here are the differences I found:
advantages:
- this mini version boots up faster
- I installed using one user and added the user xbmc later as described in the howto, this leaves xbmc user without any root rights which I like better as that user usually does not have the strongest password (xbmcbuntu uses the same user no matter what)
- If something crashes it just restarts xbmc, with xbmcbuntu I often get to a login-screen
disadvantages:
- more difficult to install
- xbmcbuntu has a nice splash-screen, here I only get to see ubuntu messages
not sure what other differences/advantages/disadvantages there are but thats what I noticed right away.
anyone know anything else?
I guess not having a window manager has advantages and disadvantages but for me its an advantage as I have a full ubuntu install on a different partition anyhow if I really need to access it. if it would just be easy to enable/disable it to suit everyone's needs.