Re: [arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)

2016-01-11 Thread wolfgang_mader
On Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:11:48 PM CET Dirk wrote: On 10-01-16 14:09, Wolfgang Mader wrote: > Dear list, > > right now, I run a home movie theater setup under arch linux on an arm > device. While I really appreciate the low power consumption and the small > form factors of arm (developer) boa

Re: [arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)

2016-01-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-01-2016 13:09, Wolfgang Mader wrote: > Dear list, > > right now, I run a home movie theater setup under arch linux on an arm > device. > While I really appreciate the low power consumption and the small form > factors > of arm (developer) boards, for me, arm also comes with a much larger

Re: [arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)

2016-01-10 Thread Maarten de Vries
On 10 January 2016 at 15:11, Dirk wrote: > > Be carefull, not all Intel Atom chips are supported by the open source > drivers, some use a PowerVR graphics engine. > > I have an Intel NUC running Arch & Kodi. Very compact and still powerfull. > Mine even has an IR port which I can use to power it

Re: [arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)

2016-01-10 Thread Dirk
On 10-01-16 14:09, Wolfgang Mader wrote: Dear list, right now, I run a home movie theater setup under arch linux on an arm device. While I really appreciate the low power consumption and the small form factors of arm (developer) boards, for me, arm also comes with a much larger maintenance burde

Re: [arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)

2016-01-10 Thread Frank Schaffhaeuser
  Original Message   From: Wolfgang Mader Sent: Sunday, 10 January 2016 14:09 To: arch-general@archlinux.org Reply To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: [arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi) Dear list, right now, I run a home movie theater

[arch-general] x86 hardware suggestion for home movie theater setup (kodi)

2016-01-10 Thread Wolfgang Mader
Dear list, right now, I run a home movie theater setup under arch linux on an arm device. While I really appreciate the low power consumption and the small form factors of arm (developer) boards, for me, arm also comes with a much larger maintenance burden than standard x86 hardware. Thus, I se