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What is the difference if you are going to build a system specifically as an HTPC nothing else?? There are tons of different versions of linux out there which one should I use specifically for an HTPC running Nvidia ION330 and will it support flash 10.1 beta?
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I actually tried Boxee for the first time today. I liked the GUI (the "skin" it's using) and the social network-focus.
However, there's lots of downsides with Boxee. For example, it can't handle rar-archives the same way that XBMC does. I'm not sure if it can play movies/shows inside rar's, but they archived movies/shows DOES NOT appear in the library. Do you really want to use the file manager each time you want to watch a movie? I don't.
There's lots of other downsides too, but that was a dead-breaker for me. Sure, it's nice, and I like the social networks that are integrated into Boxee, but if there's no library feature, then there's no point in using it. And no, I'm not going to extract 2000 shows and several hundred movies just to make them appear in the library.
So, XBMC is the clear choice.
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I currently have both installed on my Ubuntu HTPC. As of now I prefer XBMC, Boxee seems to be a little bit buggy. I will say I use Boxee for Hulu though.
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Is ubuntu 10.04 a good choice for an HTPC?
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Instead of having to choose between boxee and XBMC can I run boxee from within XBMC or VICE VERSA?