Raspbmc October Update released – 2014

Raspbmc June Update

Raspbmc is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian that brings XBMC to your Raspberry Pi. While Raspbmc offers great features, it has been found to fall behind on speed and fluidity compared to other media center OSes. This post introduces the recently released Raspbmc October update 2014. What’s New … read more

Link Us and Win – Holidays Contest

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We are humbled by amount of support we have received from our visitors. So we want to recognize and reward the fans, followers, and readers for spreading the word about us around the web. Most of us read and comment several forums (Examples: Reddit, LinuxQuestions, AVSForum, Raspberry Pi Forums, Stack … read more

How to install Raspbmc on Raspberry Pi?

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Based on popular request, here is the guide to install Raspbmc on Raspberry Pi. If you have been following me you may already know that I have been a fan of OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi. Well that changed recently after my latest comparison of Raspbmc and OpenELEC. I quickly started … read more

What you need to know about overclocking Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Overclocking Ft | Smarthomebeginner

Overclocking Raspberry Pi is a way to get the maximum out of the Raspberry Pi hardware. Device makers many times fix the components to work at lower speeds to improve reliability/life while also ensuring adequate performance. However, for many enthusiasts who are always hungry for speed and power, there is … read more

7 Raspberry Pi accessories to build a Kodi media center

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Recently, we saw presented the media center operating systems that are available for Raspberry Pi. In this post, let us look at 7 Raspberry Pi accessories you may need to build a low-power HTPC. The objective is to be able to play media from a home server, over the wireless … read more

4 Great media center software for Raspberry Pi

Xbmc On Raspberry Pi Ft | Smarthomebeginner

Raspberry Pi is an extremely low power and ultra-compact (credit-card sized) computer board that is gaining a lot of attention due to the numerous creative application at very low power consumption. The current version of Raspberry Pi (ver B) supports Open GL 2.0, 1080p H.264, 512MB RAM, 10/100 BaseT ethernet, … read more