[olug] htpc's was: All-in-one computers

[Shawn Hermans]

If you have a Roku in the house, you can install Plex on your Linux boxes
and use the Plex app on the Roku to access your content.  Otherwise I run
XMBC with some add-ons and skin modifications and it works fine.  So I use
the Roku for Amazon and Netflix and XBMC+Plex supports everything else.


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>wrote:

> We use the holy heck out of XBMC all over the house.  It serves as our
> local media player and front-end to the mythbox.  As you said,
> netflix/amazon don't run on it -- what a shame, but we have a Roku on each.
>  So if you want to watch something local or recorded - XBMC, from a
> streaming service - Roku.  I'd love to get it all on one but the local
> media players for Roku are not that good and no mythbox support.
>
> The NUC I just got (dual hdmi model) works pretty sweet and is very snappy
> (i3 +hd4000)  I put in a 8G stick and a 32GB mSata drive - a mickey mouse
> power cord for the NUC and an HDMI cable and it came in at just under $400.
>  The zotac was an option or building a  mini-itx all came in around $350
>  -- for $50 more I got a wow piece and 0 config problems.  Just finished
> getting things sorted out on the family room tv and the spousal approval
> factor is high. (She already requested the same for the bedroom.)
>
> -Jeff
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] All-in-one computers
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>
>
> I built a Linux based HTPC, but neither Amazon's service nor Netflix work
> on it in Linux.
>
> Boxee had a nice unified search, but no Netflix on the Linux build and
> Boxee completely abandoned self-builders. XBMC doesn't have a unified
> search across all content providers (last time I checked).
>
> Now my TV has built-in apps for Netflix, HBO Go, Hulu, etc. So does my PS3.
> My HTPC gathers dust sadly.
>
> Going back to the original subject, my primary objection to most All-In-One
> PCs is that if you replace it, you're throwing that large display away.
> That seems like a waste to me.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Jeff Hinrichs <dundeemt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Scratch Romulus.  Make that roku.  :-$
> >
> > Best,
> > Jeff Hinrichs
> > On Jan 28, 2013 4:23 PM, "Jeff Hinrichs" <dundeemt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > +1 next unit of computing, 4"x4", i3, with a  vesa mount.  Add ram &
> > msata
> > > drive.  Just setup an ubuntu 12.04 xbmc machine this weekend.  A little
> > > pricey but 0 headaches and it's the size ~ of a Romulus box
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Jeff Hinrichs
> > > On Jan 28, 2013 10:50 AM, "Bill Brush" <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Has anyone installed Linux on a all-in-one?  My wife wants an
> all-in-one
> > >> or
> > >> a very small case desktop but she also wants Linux because she likes
> the
> > >> immunity from 99% of malware.  Plus after using it for years she's as
> > >> comfortable using it as she ever was Windows.
> > >>
> > >> We're looking at the Dells, but I'm not married to them yet.
> > >>
> > >> Bill
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