[mythtv-users] Time to move to an HDMI stick for FEs?

[Michael A Weber]

On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:15 AM Damian <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:
> On 27/03/2015 03:43, Kris Jensen wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com
> > <mailto:thomas at mashos.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     Just wondering how the others that are working on this are faring.
> >
> >     For reference, this is the stick I'm talking about (I have the
> >     black one)
> >     http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Sell-Mini-PC-with-both-Android-Windows-8-system/2044898752.html
> >
> Is this for real!?!
> 
> It looks ridiculous!
> 
> A full computer on a USB stick!?!
> 
> What are the specs? Should I be considering one of these instead of an
> ECS Liva system for my new main MythBuntu frontend?
> 
> Thanks
> Damian
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> I've gotten it to boot semi-successfully, however I've run into two problems.
> 
> 1) Anytime I try to boot anything but the installed windows (EFI shell, USB ubuntu stick) it will auto-arrow key up repeatedly. I've tried different settings to resolve this in the BIOS (and different keyboards) but nothing seems to work. Until I fix this, point two is moot.
> 
> 2) Ubuntu fails to boot and complains the NTFS partition is either in a inconsistent state or is in hibernation. I've not looked at this too much since it's kinda pointless to do so without fixing #1.
> 
> To answer your question though, it's got 2GB and a 1.3 Ghz quad core x86-64 capable processor. 
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I’ve been reading about a Linux version to be released that is supposed to be about $40 US cheaper than the Windows version.  Has anyone seen one of those anywhere yet?  I cannot find one, and since I would never use Windows (and I’m thrifty), I’d rather not spend the extra cash when not needed.

Mike
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