![]() ![]() Leave LibreElec as the main OS - just out of sheer laziness (so it boots straight in to my media center, rather than having to double click once, hahah). But I am thinking that I will go for a dual boot anyway. I think this post was more for me to think out loud (along with a few opinions on the matter). Boot time is instantaneous as it is, as I am not using the system for all that much, so startup services have been brought right down to just the essentials - I imagine even LibreElec would need the startup services I have enable anyway. I am thinking that this would only he a worth while venture if I was running on 2GB or 4GB of RAM, when resources would be scarce. I'm proficient in Linux too, so that isn't an issue. Even if my desktop is only using 1/3 of the available PSU, it will still cost substantially more to run than a laptop will. I'm sure you can imagine how much more it would cost running a desktop computer with a 1000w PSU, compared to a laptop. The power is only relevant due to the fact it will save me money on my electricity bill, at the end of the month. The only reason the possibility crossed my mind, was the difference in Rasbian compared to OpenElec on the Raspberry Pi. I didn't think it would make a noticeable difference. Having never used Kodi in this manner on am X86 64bit machine - I hope someone may be able to tell me whether or not it is worth investing my time switching out from Kodi as an application within my Linux OS - to a dedicated media-centric OS. It is not like it is slow when using Kodi or anything (it just occasionally hangs when loading 1080p streams or opening certain program add-ons in Kodi), but if I am going to gain the ability to play higher resolution video (streaming and local) with the system hanging less using LibreElec then I'm all in. Intel Celeron J4125 - 2.7Ghz - 4 core - 4 thread CPU ![]() Or if I do end up seeing myself missing the other functionality - then dual boot it.įor reference (as it probably will make a slight difference) -ĨGB LPDDR3 1666Mhz (2 x 4GB - dual channel) But if I am going to see a noticeable difference using LibreElec instead them I am happy using my main rig for everything other than Audio/Video. As I occasionally use it for other things (surfing, video chat, light coding). If the performance difference is negligible then I will just stick as I am: running it as an application within Debian. It will consume exponentially more than the laptop would, in the same situation (no idea on power it's consumption - I can't be bothered to go and look underneath of the battery, but it will be nowhere near even 500W, let alone 1KW). The laptop isn't the greatest (as in you would not even think about gaming or editing audio/video, even imagery - but it is more than fine for surfing the web and watching videos or listening to music) - I just need to stop using my desktop computer to do simplistic tasks like this, as it sports a 1KW (1000W) PSU and while I know it is not going to be drawing all that power while I am watching flicks. ![]() The main thing I want to know is: will I get a noticeable performance improvement using the likes of LibreElec/OpenElec as apposed just installing Kodi in another Linux distro? I have only ever used the Kodi based OS's on a Raspberry Pi (never an X86 64 computer). So, I am about to start setting up my laptop yo be (primarily) a media center. For discussion of those add-ons, feel free to visit /r/Addons4Kodi. Any such links or discussion will be removed. This subreddit does not support discussion or links pertaining to gray area or illegal add-ons (such as genesis or icefilms) for Kodi made by 3rd party developers.
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