firedog;675148 Wrote: > Supposedly true, but not really. Vortexbox is "easy" if it installs > without problem on your machine (often doesn't); but is anything but > easy if you have somewhat non standard hardware or if you want to > introduce some minor option it isn't setup for.(e.g. something basic > like "install 2nd hard drive") Just go to the Vortexbox.org forum and > check the solutions to problems that arise for users (And there are > many). For virtually every one of them, the solution involves logging > on with a command line program like Putty and writing/editing code. > Example: > http://vortexbox.org/documentation/how-to-add-a-second-drive-to-your-vortexbox/ > > So even "user friendly' Vortexbox is way to geeky for most people. I > only know one person besides me that would go anywhere near it, and > he's definitely a computer geek. > > Unfortunately, this is pretty much true for all the Linux distros I've > encountered. > > And don't get me wrong: I like Vortexbox and think it works well. It > just isn't suitable for anything approaching the mainstream computer > user, unlike Windows and Apple OSes.
Personally I have installed vortexbox on 3 boxes with no issues, an old compaq desktop, a mini ITX box and a HP proliant microserver, I guess its different for every user. What I am talking about above is setting up a box specifically to rip, tag, get cover art and run LMS, in terms of user friendliness then vortexbox is a lot easier then setting up say windows home server and trying to get it to do the same. My view is that the example of adding a 2nd hard drive is going above and beyond the core features, however you have a very strong user community who can support users if they want to go down that route, but there is no need to do that if you don't want to so I don't agree that its not mainstream compatible. Also remember that the SB Touch is a mini linux server, designed specifically for the core features then it runs perfect for its users, I imagine the % of users who want to log in from the command line and adapt is small - vortexbox is a similar concept (however requires more initial set-up), a version of linux adapted specifically, in this case as a media jukebox. -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91992 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
