[mythtv-users] Fronted advice

[Damian]

On 25/03/2015 20:02, John Marshall wrote:
> On 3/25/2015 1:03 PM, Damian wrote:
>> I got a bit excited todat when I started to read about the Rasbery Pi 2.
>> I love the idea of buying one of those as a MythTV frontend.
>> Unfortunately, further reading seemed to conclude that that's still not
>> an option.
>
> It's an option if you don't mind using Kodi(XBMC) as your frontend.
Thanks John,

I've installed XBMC on my systems several times. Each time, I wonder 
what all the fuss is about and remove it. I find it incredibly 
unintuitive, klunky to set up and prone to crashing. Very much not like 
my experience of MythBuntu.

Never heard of Kodi, so I'll have a look into that.
>
> Kodi users have had good success with the ~$150 Chromeboxes, though it 
> takes a bit of work to get Linux running on it.  I don't see why these 
> wouldn't be enough for a frontend machine.  There's some help here:
> http://kodi.wiki/view/Chromebox
I wouldn't have a google based device if they were giving them away. :-)
>
> Note that you'll have Intel graphics with a Chromebox.  The same goes 
> for the ECS Liva Eric mentioned.
Thanks John. Is Intel graphics what I should be getting with for Myth?

Cheers,
Damian