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Old 07-24-2015, 04:07 PM   #21
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Am thrilled with how nicely Kodi runs on Ubuntu.
Will try plex when I get a chance.
Also interested in music. There is a default music app. What might otherwise be recommended for serving/playing music?
I use a music player called Clementine, but I'm not sure it how well it integrates with the Ubuntu Unity desktop. On KDE (what you'd get with Kubuntu) it integrates really well though. I'm not sure what other music players integrate well with Ubuntu these days, but you might find something on the omgubuntu blog, http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/, it's got lots of Ubuntu centric software reviews.

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Old 07-28-2015, 02:42 PM   #22
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My wife's laptop hard drive crapped the bed (this is a second HDD replacement I've installed, so I'm more pissed off than she is) so I got her a new laptop over the weekend and dragged out an old 120GB SSD and popped it in.

Creating a USB stick for installing ubuntu was beyond easy. Easier than when I last used Linux.

Then I started following this:
http://www.unixmen.com/top-things-to...-ubuntu-15-04/

"Ubuntu after install" is a great program.

Also toyed around with Cinnamon. I like it. It's a windows look that can be swapped at the log in screen. Haven't toyed around with it enough though. Just a heads up... you install it and then the "hazy" part (which guides don't explain properly)...

- Log out (not restart as many guides tell you... unless it's because I log in automatically)
- Click your account
- Click the circle ubuntu logo on your account (just above password part)
- Choose Cinnamon
- Log in

To swap back to unity or gnome


Question: Anyone with an idea about KODI vs XBMC for a media center? Haven't had time to look it up yet.
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Old 07-28-2015, 07:05 PM   #23
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DoubleF, XBMC is now Kodi, happened about a year ago I think.

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Old 07-28-2015, 07:38 PM   #24
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I haven't kept up, not sure how long ago XBMC became Kodi- I thought that was just a release name of it didn't realize they rebranded. All the old plugins still work?

All I used to use was Genesis (preciously GoTV/Movies), sometimes Navi x, mashup.. Kodi was the build name for XBMC that I used i believe so hopefully those plugins still work?
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Old 07-28-2015, 10:12 PM   #25
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Oh. I didn't even know it changed names. I guess I can uninstall XBMC then. Don't need both.
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Old 07-29-2015, 07:52 AM   #26
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Hugh Jahrmes, I would assume that plugins will work if they've been updated for newer versions, just like when XBMC updated. It's just a name change on an open source project so it'll probably take some time before it really becomes distinct from older versions of XBMC and old plugins need to be replaced en masse, that's what usually happens when open source projects rebrand.

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Old 07-29-2015, 08:06 AM   #27
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There's a couple real nice live TV addon for Kodi, complete with interactive guide, for the times when you want the box to choose for you.
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Just downloaded 16.04 as a dual boot with Win10 on my HP Pavilion x360 Convertible. It's almost disconcerting how fast Chrome is on this.
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