After more than nine months of development, the XBMC project has released the first beta of version 10.0 of its open source media player, introducing a new Add-on system for new scripts and skins
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Enna – A New and Exciting Linux Media Center
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Although Boxee seemed the more obvious choice, it loses the high ground if you lack a decent internet connection. Just when I was about to give up hope, I heard about Enna – an incredible open source Linux media center, developed by the GeeXboX team, and ready for its first public release.
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XBMC 9.11 makes your open source home theater look shinier
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The developers behind the XBMC project have released a new version of the popular open source media player. It comes with an impressive new user interface theme.
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XBMC 9.11 released
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What once started as an mediacenter project for hacked Xboxes is now grown into one of the best mediacenter applications: XBMC. XBMC is now upgraded to version 9.11.
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Comparing 10 open-source media center apps
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A 20-page downloadable whitepaper compares 10 free media center applications, including Boxee, Elisa, Entertainer, Freevo, MediaPortal, My Media System, MythTV, Neuros OSD, Plex, and XBMC.
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Turn Your Rig into a Linux Home Theater PC (for free)
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It's hard to pinpoint exactly when everyone and their mother got the urge for a home theater PC. It might very well have been when TiVo introduced TV recording and on-demand playback to a generation that is no longer impressed with the VCR, or maybe when Microsoft and OEMs started hawking PCs with Windows XP Media Center Edition to the mainstream.
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Run your own home-entertainment server with Linux and MythTV: we show you how.
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This article will be about running a home-entertainment server, using Ubuntu GNU/Linux at its core, with TV functionality from the powerful MythTV project. Above all, this project will be about interoperability - not every household runs an all-Linux setup, so we'll be looking at multiple ways to enjoy your server's functions without needing to replace every OS in the house.
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Linux Media Center PCs Review Roundup
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It seems like only a short time ago when the idea of running Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows (MCE) struck me as the best idea in the world. It gave the appearance like it did it all, but that changed as MythTV developers honed their own skills and really took the MCE platform to task.
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Vista is pricey, and its form and function are of course dictated by Microsoft. If you want full control over your Home Theater PC (HTPC), and don’t want to have to pay Microsoft for it, then Linux is a more than capable alternative base for building a system of your own.
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Using Linux Media Centre
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You don’t need Windows to put a PC at the heart of your home entertainment system; We explain the options
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