

$25 credit card size ARM Linux PC Raspberry Pi is getting lots of love from community. $25 credit card size ARM Linux PCis getting lots of love from community.





XBMC playing HD video on rPi was shown shown off at Scale 10x. Now a specific Linux distribution Raspbmc is being developed by Stm Labs which is specially optimized for Raspberry Pi. First,on rPi was shown shown off at Scale 10x. Now a specific Linux distributionis being developed by Stm Labs which is specially optimized for Raspberry Pi.





Raspbmc Features

PRe-loaded XBMC media center

Custom Linux distribution with minimalised kernel

Auto-updating

UI installers for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X to allow installation onto a removable device

PVR / AirTunes / AirPlay / Spotify integration

Expansive capabilities allowing the installation of a desktop and web browser

AFP, NFS and SMB file sharing

Configuration utility allowing installation of custom nightlies, audio configuration, update management,

Server mode – allows MySQL database hosting and Thumbnail sharing for XBMC multiseat systems.

1080p decoding

Free and open source

XBMC team is not involved with development of Raspbmc. However, they are pleased that new distributions are making it easy to deploy XBMC on Raspberry Pi. XBMC team will continue to work on improving the XBMC experience on rPi and other systems.