Suggested software for a light media box

[Michael Havens]

I use a tiny pi that cost $60.
The NUC is better if you can afford it (I used my father's NUC before I got
the Pi).

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> you could look at this
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/intel-next-unit-of-computing-desktop-kit-intel-celeron-silver-black/7580007.p?id=1219278233066
>
> I personally use a combination of the fire stick and a chromecast.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven <stevensspam at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I ran the numbers the other day and realized I could put together a
>> small form factor box for less than $300 and hang it off the back of my
>> TV. Nothing too fancy, a Gigabyte Brix 1900 bare bones with a celeron
>> j1900, 8 gigs ram, and 120 gb  ssd, keyboardless at the moment, and
>> hooked up to the TV through hdmi. Right now I have the 14.04 LTS version
>> of Ubuntu running on it and connecting through VNC to control it.
>>
>> Does anyone here have anything similar set up? I know I can view youtube
>> on the TV simply using a browser but I'm open to thoughts on alternate
>> software/os-distributions/etc. If I'm reading things right then Netflix
>> ought to be workable with an up to date browser and Amazon video with
>> just a little effort.
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