2014-11-30, 23:31
(2014-11-30, 23:05)megamanwilson Wrote: Hi, I am about to get this week an asus chromebox. I wanted to know if the high cpu 2gb ram is still an issue. Also can someone tell me which would be better for celeron chromebox 2gb linux mint or xubuntu. Which of the two would run faster and have less bugs. I read through the entire thread and wanted to know when I try to install it will I install first linux mint or xubuntu then openelect or do I install first openelect then linux mint or ubuntu. I read somewhere in the thread that since I won't be using chrome os I can do standalone installation for both linux mint/openelect and then choose between the two during boot?. For the partition I can do 2gb openelec and 14gb for OS?.
the high CPU usage on a single stick of RAM isn't an issue with the standalone firmware and a recent kernel (3.14+).
if you're going to run Mint or Ubuntu (both should work equally well - there's also XBMCbuntu/Kodibuntu), then there's no reason to dual boot OpenELEC, just install XBMC/Kodi for Linux under whatever OS you install.
