XBMCbuntu on Raspberry Pi?

Maybe not full XMBCbuntu, but there is XBMC in the works for the Pi, which will be enough for most users I should hope

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/571

Has anyone else received the shipping delay notice. Shipping date has now been pushed out until August for me!

Did anyone here from the States order one? What was the price on the international shipping? Maybe you could list the closest major metropolitan city as a point of reference?

I did. Shipping was around $10 for me. To DC.

still looks slow to me :/

I haven't received notice of delay until August- but in my order it does say August expected shipping date. I talked to Newark Canada and they said it was a typo and that mine will be sent as soon as they clear compliance. I'm hoping that means I'm in the first batch that passed testing and arrived today? I also bought a classic Game Boy which I hope to turn into the case for the Pi (not my idea, but still a good one). Post pics here when I receive stuff.

(2012-04-13 22:04)eskro Wrote:  still looks slow to me :/

I'm quite a noob here and I'm currently building myself a A6-3500 build... I had a great case at Fry's all picked out but, seeing Beer's build with the ISK 300-65 case has caused me to switch and order that instead. This will be for my home theater system in my living room. (BTW, Thanks for all your info on the forums eskro, Beer and bluray!)

Eskro, you say it looks slow to you, to me, the menus and background images looked slow, but the video playback looked okay to me, was there an issue with the video you saw? I'm very quickly becoming hooked on xbmc and this has caught my attention as a possible portable device to take in my RV for trips with the family. I was looking at some of the Zotac ZBOX's for a possible RV htpc but I can't get any of them for less than $50.

This Raspberry Pi and a 1 TB or 2 TB external USB hard drive with my library on it or possibly build a small box with an internal hard drive connected via a USB to SATA cable.... I'm a noob here but it is an enticing idea to have my entire DVD library in a small, low power, silent, 2lb box to take in the RV on road trips with the kids. I can't wait for some people here to get one of these and see what it can do!

well it would make a great portable xbmc machine!

(2012-04-14 04:54)eskro Wrote:  well it would make a great portable xbmc machine!

Well crap, I ordered one because of that... my wife starting to lose her sense of humor in my new found obsession here. I don't even have all the parts for my kick ass xbmc machine yet. It looks like it's going to be a long wait for the Raspberry Pi though so I should have a much better idea of what I'm doing by the time it gets here... of course it's never too soon to start planning how to spend my paychecks!

I've also ordered my R Pi & am trying to gather ideas of how best to put a discount HTPC together. I'm intrigued by the idea of packing in an external drive along with the board in a case like Mick & BrendCH are mentioning. any other ideas would be welcome. Lets talk about how best to utilize this new hardware.