[mythtvnz] recommendations for front end...

[Steve Holdoway]

On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 09:59 +1300, Paulgir wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:38:22 +1300, Steve Holdoway  
> <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 07:51 +1300, Paulgir wrote:
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Would a quad core ( thread? ) zotac @ 1.6GHz atom work well? It has
> >> >> built in Nvidia ION graphics, and HDMI out...
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > That should work perfectly, although ION2 is better.
> >> >
> >> > Depends on price too.
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> This just came through:
> >>
> >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/01/intel-compute-stick-specs-ubuntu-version?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28OMG%21+Ubuntu%21%29
> >>
> >
> > I've played with similar ones in the past - RKM 802 IV being the last -
> > and couldn't even load linux onto them as they come with android
> > installed. Hopefully with it being a more upmarket brand they'll be more
> > usable.
> >
> > Steve
> 
> 
> This one comes preloaded with either Ubuntu 14.04 or Win 8.1.The Ubuntu is  
> substantially cheaper,too.
> 
> -Paul

You should have been able to load linux on the rikomagic as well, it was
just that the product was too flakey to complete the task. 

I just wanted to use it as a remote server as it has loads of USB + BT
and wifi built in. I didn't expect the Mali-400 GPU to be of much use
for multimedia.

It's about the same price is this Intel one, whenever that becomes
available.

Steve

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