2014-06-21, 22:55
(2014-06-21, 16:23)rukusx7 Wrote: If anyone know of a linux distro they can recommend that suits our chipset/device, please let me know. I'd like something where its not necessary for me to manually update the kernel to keep up with latest stable kernel. Linux mint lost points because of this.
what are you trying to do that OpenELEC isn't sufficient?
(2014-06-21, 21:04)Igor2014 Wrote: I would suggest Fedora 20 (I'm using KDE Spin + Openbox/XBMC). I tested various linux distros and Fedora was the most stable for me. Also it boots faster than any other distro (including OpenELEC). I'm running XBMC in Openbox (using autostart on boot) and while it uses a little more memory (11% vs 5% for OpenELEC) it allows me to run Steam & Chromium from inside XBMC without headaches. Also many Steam games run quite well on celeron. Tested with DOTA2, HL2:EP2, DofD & TF2.
Fedora + OpenBox + XBMC boots in <5 seconds? b/c that's what OpenELEC is at.
I think OE is ideal for people who want a dedicated XBMC appliance with little more. Anything else (eg, Steam) is going to require a more full fledged distro, and I think right now Fedora is the best for the Haswell platform. Not sure it meets rukusx7's requirement for automatic? kernel updates though
