Well,
I had not have this WOW
effect since long time,
but as now the new
LiveCD is out of the ported
XBOX MediaCenter software
based on a FluxBox Linux distribution
I tested it yeasterday and it really blows away most
other mediacentersoftware solutions.
The graphical surface is very nice with smooth transistions
and there are many free plugins available so you can also
surf for intanceYoutube or a few other streaming Live videos
and Shoutcast radio stations from the net.
The best thing is, that you can store the installation from the LiveCD
onto a USB stick thumb drive ( you need at least a 2 GB stick)
and then boot the whole software from the USB stick and you don´t need
a harddisk in yourPC anymore, if you only want to play movies from
DVDs or CDs or stream them from the web.
A really great solution has now been ported to the normal PC platform
from the homebrew hackers, that worked already years on it on the XBOX1
platform.
It is also available for the MAC and also there is a Windows version out there,
but the best thing is really the LiveCD with its on Mobile Ubuntu kernal with Fluxbox.
So it is fully open source and many plugins enhance this software. Just Great !
http://www.xbmc.orgRegards, Stefan.