2013-12-06, 19:05
Well,
Several reasons:
- Currently there is no stable xbmc PPA repository for Mint 16 (it being baed on Ubuntu 13.10 saucy) so you can either install xbmc from the Ubuntu repository (version 12.0, same as 12.2 but without PVR functionality which you would only use if you have a USB tuner connected to your NUC) or xbmc 13 Gotham Alpa 10 from the xbmc unstable repository.
- Mint does not include all the latest color/black fixes which the above mentioned OpenELEC build and all Nightly OpenELEC builds do have.
- Making the system multiboot gives you the best of both worlds, boot in Openelec for the latest and greatest visual experience and boot in Mint (or the distro of your choice) for a full OS experience. Make the one you use most your default boot and switch to the other when you need it in seconds (both Mint and Openelec boot in +- 15 seconds).
- Play with one without affecting the other.
As I stated before, that's my personal preference, and although initial setup is a tiny bit more complicated than a simple one OS system I beleive it makes things easyer for me in the long run.
Cheers,
Q
Several reasons:
- Currently there is no stable xbmc PPA repository for Mint 16 (it being baed on Ubuntu 13.10 saucy) so you can either install xbmc from the Ubuntu repository (version 12.0, same as 12.2 but without PVR functionality which you would only use if you have a USB tuner connected to your NUC) or xbmc 13 Gotham Alpa 10 from the xbmc unstable repository.
- Mint does not include all the latest color/black fixes which the above mentioned OpenELEC build and all Nightly OpenELEC builds do have.
- Making the system multiboot gives you the best of both worlds, boot in Openelec for the latest and greatest visual experience and boot in Mint (or the distro of your choice) for a full OS experience. Make the one you use most your default boot and switch to the other when you need it in seconds (both Mint and Openelec boot in +- 15 seconds).
- Play with one without affecting the other.
As I stated before, that's my personal preference, and although initial setup is a tiny bit more complicated than a simple one OS system I beleive it makes things easyer for me in the long run.
Cheers,
Q
