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?
I think you should have atleast 1 Gb ram, but it's cheap so it isn't much of a issue.
yeah, I could get another 512 stick. What about my other question though?
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 )