Got my Cubox

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 07:51:28AM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
> Coming at you from my new Cubox, actually one of two that I bought on
> an impulse one day a few months ago and forgot about...
> 
> Anyway, it doesn't impress me as much as I thought it would, which I
> would have known if I did a little research, so I don't blame the
> developers.
> 
> For one thing, I needed to reinstall dbus right away, in order to be
> able to change the date and for the sound to work. Actually, prior to
> that the network was not connecting either, but once I pulled out the
> network cable and plugged it in again it found the router.
> 
> What I was not aware of is that there are no packages available for
> things like XBMC or even Chrome or Flash, so I've got no reason to
> connect this to a TV just yet. The instructions for getting XBMC
> working on here seem to imply drastic changes to the built-in
> software, so I'm hesitant to try that just yet.
> 
> And overall the system seems surprisingly slow. It is pretty much what
> I had with my old AMD Sempron. I suppose it might work better with a
> different OS running, but again I misunderstood something, because I
> could have sworn they said this came with both Ubuntu Linux and
> Android OS. Most applications are very slow to respond, especially if
> more than a few are running at the same time.
> 
> I'll say this, it sure is small and quiet ;)
> 
> If anyone else has their Cubox and can share some of their successes
> with this device I would be very happy to learn about it, I would
> especially be interested in shortcuts for getting XBMC or at least
> something similar working.
> 
> Also, I have an extra Cubox, so if anyone is really desperate to get
> their hands on one I currently have no imminent need for it.

Well I was planning on ordering one to try and get mythfrontend running
on it.

Did you order two or something?

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Len Sorensen
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