2014-02-22, 03:00
(2014-02-21, 23:38)DEcosse Wrote:(2014-02-21, 17:10)Carcharius Wrote:(2014-02-21, 16:51)herbieUK Wrote: Pls excuse the noob question : Should install a 32 or 64 bit linux mint, and should it be linux mint 14 or can i use 15 or even 16?
Planning on using Openelec on a Haswell i5
Thanks
If you're going to be running OpenElec you don't need to install any OS at all. OpenElec IS the OS.
What Carcharius said.
However I want other pc functionality as well and installed Linux Mint, then XBMC into that.
Mint 16 looks pretty solid so far (I have one driver related issue - a USB 3 wireless adapter - but that is the driver waiting to catch up with the latest linux kernel, not the OS that's at fault)
I just went with 32 bit.
So - go Openelec if you just want the XBMC, but go Mint if you want additional functionality.
Ubuntu is another Linux option, but the Mint interface is really nice and extremely easy to use
If you're coming from Windows, Mint is pretty intuitive in how it appears from User perspective vs the Ubuntu Unity scheme
Coming from OSX, hence my confusion!
