If you want to follow the state of Linux and XBMC on ARM, you can take a look at this thread: http://www.hometheater.co.il/vt168648.XBMC-on-Linux-for-Arm-Devices.html
Udi On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:18 PM, geoffrey mendelson < [email protected]> wrote: > On 1/13/2014 3:00 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: > >> >> The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. >> Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China? >> >> The Cubox seems to be the same general hardware with less ports. What I > don't understand is why they are pushing the $100 unit, when for $30 more > you get twice the cores and twice the RAM. > > I don't know what the other units run, the one I pointed to did not > officially support Linux, it does not mean it won't run on it. > > I was a victim of feature creep, I started out with a direct from China > Chromecast (without the brand name) and ended up with an Arm based PC. > > As for Android, what bothers me about it is that unless you root the > device you can't add device drivers (which may not be an issue to you, it > turns out not to be one to me), and the UI for some things sucks. If you > look back to the how to play videos link I posted, it works, but my wife > would never use such a thing. A simple App which would list files on a file > server, where you could tap to play them, with all the setup hidden would > be right for her. I also have not found a player that can fast forward > within MP4 files. :-( > > Or in plain English, I would be a lot happier if XMBC worked on my tablet, > or someone copied the Apple TV player as an Android App. > > As far as running bit torrent, the thing that I have found that affects > download rates the most is latency. If you have a fast multicore X86 (or > X64) processor, a wired ethernet connection and a fast upload speed, you > get a lot faster downloads, even if your slower CPU is not heavily loaded. > > > Geoff. > > -- > Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ > Jerusalem Israel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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