[wellylug] Linux install help required

[Ray Smith]

I would recommend Mythbuntu. I've had pretty good luck with that, or better
yet Ubuntu and install XBMC.

Ray

"The truth is out there. The lies are in your head."


On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Steve Macdonald <dakmani1 at yahoo.co.nz>wrote:

> I have a PC that I want to turn into a media center box
> 3.2Ghz CPU (single Core)
> 4Gigs Ram
> ATI HD 5670 512Mb GPU HDMI DVI and VGA
> 500W Power Supply.
> Asus P5LD2 Delux Motherboard with built in 5.1 Audio with COAX and Optical
> Audio out.
> 1TB Sata drive
>
> I am wanting have some sort of Linux Distro installed with a similar sort
> of Media Center App to XBMC which I have on my Macbook.
> I will need this to be able to play HD .mkv files
>
> Does anyone know of which would be the best distro to install for this, and
> any company or individual that can do the install and roughly what kind of
> costs I would be looking at?
>
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