What made the original Apple TV so enticing for Linux users is that it is basically a standard computer (Intel 32-bit processor) in a miniature form factor. The new Apple TV, with its A4 chip, is more similar in architecture to an iPhone or iPad than a PC or Mac. The A4 chip is an ARM architecture chip, and while there is some support for Ubuntu for ARM, there are a fraction of the software packages available for that architecture in comparison to x86 or x64.
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Bruce E <bhelm...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the big issues that I see with hacking the new Apple TV is it's > use of Apple's A4 chip. To my knowledge, no one has built a Linux > kernel for it. It's a system on a chip, including the processor and > graphics engine, etc. Given that it's proprietary, it may be a long > time before that happens. > > I did hear that it's very similar in design to the iPad and has > already been jail-broken. But that doesn't particularly excite me at > this point. > > I was also surprised to hear that it is also crippled with only 256MB > of memory just like the older Apple TVs, making it even less enticing. > Unless you're interested in what it can do out of the box, I'd say > stick with the previous generation. > > Bruce > > On Oct 2, 12:09 pm, Robert Baptista <rob...@rbcardiff.net> wrote: > > I don't believe the atv2 runs osx. I think Mythfrontend would have to > > be ported to IOS. > > > > As far as price is, the original atv's can now be had for $80 on ebay > > and craigslist. Just picked another one up myself last week. > > > > Robert > > > > On 10/2/2010 9:00 AM, radmofo wrote: > > > > > I did a few searches and it appears the new appletv is a little > > > different than the original being that it has no hard drive but > > > instead 8 gb of flash and it doesnt have a usb drive. The $99.00 cost > > > of the unit even directly from apple is very enticing. > > > > > Has anyone successfully installed mythtv frontend on this thing yet? > > > > > > -- > To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en > -- Dylan Vassallo Computer science student University of California Los Angeles -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en
