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General => Users => Topic started by: fenderocker on August 21, 2007, 02:47:17 am

Title: is Linux MCE for me?
Post by: fenderocker on August 21, 2007, 02:47:17 am

I've been toying with getting linux MCE for a while now, and think that I'm ready to do it, but I don't know if it's right for me.... I plan on doing the following with linux mce, and I won't really be using all the features. I will be using a a hybrid.

1. Playing videos/DVDs
2. Watching live TV
3. ripping DVDs
4. Recording TV shows
5. using a remote while viewing my media (possibly fiire remote)
6. Possibly using a security camera.
7. Playing music

That's all that the computer would do. Is linux MCE overkill?

Also, is 512 mb ram and a pentium 4 ok for a hybrid?

Title: Re: is Linux MCE for me?
Post by: Samme on August 21, 2007, 09:30:06 am

I think you should have atleast 1 Gb ram, but it's cheap so it isn't much of a issue.

Title: Re: is Linux MCE for me?
Post by: fenderocker on August 22, 2007, 12:26:56 am

yeah, I could get another 512 stick. What about my other question though?

Title: Re: is Linux MCE for me?
Post by: kir on August 22, 2007, 12:08:49 pm

Quote from: fenderocker on August 21, 2007, 02:47:17 am

That's all that the computer would do. Is linux MCE overkill?

I don't see why it should be overkill unless you have some other solution in mind, to which you are going to compare? :) Or you mean 'comparing to the usual way when different not-connected apps are handling different tasks'?

Regarding your configuration - pay attention to possible videocard issues also. If you have non-NVIDIA, I recommend you to start from UI1 and then see if you can get UI2 (most probably you can't )