2012-04-01, 03:28
I finally had enough of Ubuntu 11's Unity garbage, constant updates, and all around having too many things installed for what's just an HTPC.
Sooooooo, on the advice of a friend, I snagged XBMCbuntu's self-installing ISO with the gorgeous new XBMC 11. Plugged a spare thumb drive into my Macbook, turned it into a bootable drive via. the ISO, stuck it into my Zotac MAGHD-ND01-U (link below), and clicked through the install process.
Previously, I'd installed Ubuntu 9, then jumped through hoops to install LIRC, the Nvidia Ion drivers, XBMC via. apt-get, etc. It was a long process involving lots of head-scratching for this Linux novice.
This time, I cooked a pizza while the installer did things, and returned to find a very fast booting box that loaded right to XBMC. LIRC worked, ION drivers seem to work, hell, even 5.1 is working! No configuration necessary. Bam, done.
Thank you XBMCbuntu team, this is what I would definitely consider a "perfect" install.
Link to the box:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856173001
That's all, just wanted to post a good ole success story.
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Sooooooo, on the advice of a friend, I snagged XBMCbuntu's self-installing ISO with the gorgeous new XBMC 11. Plugged a spare thumb drive into my Macbook, turned it into a bootable drive via. the ISO, stuck it into my Zotac MAGHD-ND01-U (link below), and clicked through the install process.
Previously, I'd installed Ubuntu 9, then jumped through hoops to install LIRC, the Nvidia Ion drivers, XBMC via. apt-get, etc. It was a long process involving lots of head-scratching for this Linux novice.
This time, I cooked a pizza while the installer did things, and returned to find a very fast booting box that loaded right to XBMC. LIRC worked, ION drivers seem to work, hell, even 5.1 is working! No configuration necessary. Bam, done.
Thank you XBMCbuntu team, this is what I would definitely consider a "perfect" install.
Link to the box:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856173001
That's all, just wanted to post a good ole success story.
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