2009-01-13, 17:54
rodercot Wrote:...The only real reason to upgrade Linux is for more features or better supported hardware in the latest kernels of which you could do the same on your existing hardy, gutsy etc build.
There are obviously better supported and fixed items in the latest kernels such as remote support, suspend fixes etc again all this can be done via upgrades or patches in most cases to your existing kernel. If you are not confident in doing patches and kernel upgrades then it leaves you know choice but to upgrade to a newer version...
I take this to suggest that if I were to do a fresh install today, the smart move would be to install Ubuntu 8.10 x86. I hereby plan to do so, using the command-line-only installation from the alternate install cd, then running XBMC via xinit, as detailed in other threads. I don't need a desktop environment on a dedicated XBMC PC. That being said, what is the best say to install XBMC? Will using the SVN and building from source every once in a while give me more features and stability than using the PPA?