[ILUG] RE: Linux on an XBox

[Shane Tuohy]

Bang on Glen. Often when you come across a piece of open source software,
it's a bit rough around the edges and doesn't look very nice, xbmc is the
complete opposite, it's easy, flexible, powerful and looks fantastic. It's a
testament to open souce software, and it's creators ought to be applauded.

Anyway -> ....meanwhile back at the topic...

Shane

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Glen Gray <slaine at slaine.org> wrote:

> With XBMC you can control the fan. I've got mine set to max of 10%. I've
> never had an problems temperature wise.
>
> The xbox has pretty limited RAM (64Mb iirc) which makes it's usefulness as
> a general purpose device limited. It can act as a reasonable web server.
>
> I've had mine running different variations of xbmc for about 5 years now.
> It's awesome. I've all the kids DVD's ripped and stored on there. I've also
> got it using uPNP to playback TV recordings from my MythTV device for the
> kids, shows from dentv etc. There's even a PIN entry system to keep the kids
> away from more adult content.
>
> One of the best pieces of open source software available imho.
>
>
>
> On 20 May 2009, at 15:53, Justin MacCarthy wrote:
>
>  Pity the xBox makes as much  noise as a  coffee grinder .
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/5/20 Brian O'Mahony <brian.omahony at curamsoftware.com>
>>
>>  Erm
>>>
>>> Its been years so apologies. Mediaportal is what I was running on a
>>> shuttle
>>> PC at the time. XBMC was what I was running on the xbox. Just thought of
>>> that. Might dig out my old xbox to use as a media server too and mess
>>> around
>>> with it. :P
>>>
>>> [So basically, I don't think my previous mail was much help - didn't
>>> think
>>> it , or remember it through]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of
>>> Brian O'Mahony
>>> Sent: 20 May 2009 15:28
>>> To: Darragh; ILUG
>>> Subject: [ILUG] RE: Linux on an XBox
>>>
>>> I did this years ago, but instead of installing linux, I used avalaunch
>>> which replaced the xbom dashboard, and then mediaportal as the media
>>> server
>>> (it had everything I eneded built into it)
>>>
>>> I would imagine mediaportal, if it is still around, would be something
>>> like
>>> you are looking for.
>>>
>>> B
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of
>>> Darragh
>>> Sent: 20 May 2009 15:13
>>> To: ILUG
>>> Subject: [ILUG] Linux on an XBox
>>>
>>> Afternoon,
>>>
>>> I'm looking at using an XBox as a media server.  It's a common enough
>>> thing
>>> to do however I've a small extra to try to include.
>>>
>>> It would be great if the media software ran in the Gnome Desktop manager
>>> and was GTK based so that I could run Orca with it.
>>>
>>> Importantly though, it has to look good and flashy and it has to be
>>> incredibly easy for a non-computer person to use.
>>> --> MY girlfriend will not be happy  if she's presented with a Gnome
>>> desktop when she wants to play music.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be very appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Darragh
>>> www.digitaldarragh.com
>>> www.lalrecordings.com
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