2013-08-11, 16:25
Hi,
I'm going to be purchasing an Intel Celeron NUC (4GB RAM, 32GB SSD) and am a bit stuck considering the best distro to use for XBMC.
Basically I would like the machine to act as an appliance as much as possible and boot directly into XBMC. However, at the same time I'd like to run a few services off the device (openvpn, transmission, ssh, smb, nfs, dlna server and one or two others).
I was inclined toward Ubuntu but don't want to install the full desktop. If I use Ubuntu Server as a base, can I add the xbmc ppa and run XBMC in standalone mode and have it boot directly into that?
Similarly, the Debian edition of LinuxMint or Arch Linux sound great especially with the rolling releases. I've had trouble with Ubuntu upgrades in the past so not having to dist-upgrade is a big plus. Anyone with experience on either of these?
Finally, XBMCbuntu and OpenELEC seem to provide a fairly minimal install (very for OpenELEC) but then you lose flexibility and package availability.
Any recommendations with anyone doing similar would be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm going to be purchasing an Intel Celeron NUC (4GB RAM, 32GB SSD) and am a bit stuck considering the best distro to use for XBMC.
Basically I would like the machine to act as an appliance as much as possible and boot directly into XBMC. However, at the same time I'd like to run a few services off the device (openvpn, transmission, ssh, smb, nfs, dlna server and one or two others).
I was inclined toward Ubuntu but don't want to install the full desktop. If I use Ubuntu Server as a base, can I add the xbmc ppa and run XBMC in standalone mode and have it boot directly into that?
Similarly, the Debian edition of LinuxMint or Arch Linux sound great especially with the rolling releases. I've had trouble with Ubuntu upgrades in the past so not having to dist-upgrade is a big plus. Anyone with experience on either of these?
Finally, XBMCbuntu and OpenELEC seem to provide a fairly minimal install (very for OpenELEC) but then you lose flexibility and package availability.
Any recommendations with anyone doing similar would be appreciated. Thanks!