XBMC heads for Tux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yaka]

Team XBMC have anouced that some of there crew are working on porting the fucking brill app XBMC to Linux. now this is a major develpment as it will be free of restraints for the aging Xbox (lack HD playback, no pvr support etc). and they are seeking C/C++ programmers to help em out.

Help wanted: As you may or may not have heard, a few developers on Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux and OpenGL using the SDL toolkit. The goal is for this to become a full port of XBMC containing all the features and functions available in the Xbox version of XBMC. This is a huge task which is why we are making this public request, seeking C/C++ programmers to volunteer in assisting us with this Linux porting development project. Whether you have contributed to The XBMC Project in the past or not, please consider doing so now. Those of you who are completely unfamiliar with XBMC can get a good overview of what XBMC offers for its end-users by reading through the XBMC article on wikipedia.org

 

[Deebs]

Fantastic news. The only reason my XBOX 1 is still sat in my lounge is that I have yet to find a media player that can match XBMC for its features, stability and ease of use.

Let's hope that the port is just as good on Linux!

 

[cHodAX]

Aye, this has to be the single biggest boost the PS3 has recieved, Microsoft really should be worried now as they are starting to lag a long way behind the PS3 when it comes to potential media features and it is all down to X360 being a closed platform on which Microsoft do not want to allow DivX etc to work.