rcflyers
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Which OS do I need?

Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:39 pm

I have a Pi2 and have been using Openelec for a few months very successfully.
I would also like to use the Pi for Facebook and browsing the web if possible.
Can I install an OS that will allow me to use Openelec and/or Kodi and also use Facebook and browse the internet please?
I did see that you could dual-boot into different O.S's but is there a neater solution?
Thanks for any replies.

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Re: Which OS do I need?

Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:45 pm

rcflyers wrote:I have a Pi2 and have been using Openelec for a few months very successfully.
I would also like to use the Pi for Facebook and browsing the web if possible.
Can I install an OS that will allow me to use Openelec and/or Kodi and also use Facebook and browse the internet please?
I did see that you could dual-boot into different O.S's but is there a neater solution?
Thanks for any replies.
Install Raspbian Jessie then you can install the KODI multimedia software from the repository....
Rather than negativity think outside the box !
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rcflyers
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Re: Which OS do I need?

Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:26 pm

Thanks,

I installed Raspbian Jessie but when I installed Kodi it would not boot anymore.

I could not see easily how to install Facebook at all.

DirkS
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Re: Which OS do I need?

Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:42 pm

Did you expand the filesystem?
If not, you probably ran out of disk space...

Re facebook: I don't think there's a Facebook 'app' for Linux. Just use a browser.

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Re: Which OS do I need?

Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:00 pm

rcflyers wrote:I could not see easily how to install Facebook at all.
I'm fairly certain there isn't one for the Pi, but I find the facebook app on all platforms to be very limiting compared to accessing the proper facebook website. Your Pi2B has plenty of grunt to do this, especially if you install a web browser in Raspbian that's capable of using all 4 CPU cores. The Chromium 48 browser is very good (search on this forum for Kusti8's installation guide) and handles the facebook website very nicely.
Pi2B Mini-PC/Media Centre: ARM=1GHz (+3), Core=500MHz, v3d=500MHz, h264=333MHz, RAM=DDR2-1200 (+6/+4/+4+schmoo). Sandisk Ultra HC-I 32GB microSD card on '50=100' OCed slot (42MB/s read) running Raspbian/KODI16, Seagate 3.5" 1.5TB HDD mass storage.

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