Intel Atom 330 processor (dual-core, 2×1.6Ghz).So, it’s time to find another Linux distribution which would work well on this machine, acting as an HTPC. A lot of people on Atom 330 machines, or machines with the 945GC+ICH7 and GMA950 video chip, are having problems similar to what I’m experiencing. Google is not helpful in providing a solution, but it did reveal that I’m not the only one experiencing problems. I tried both USB and CD as installation source. It’s not the installer that crashes – the entire operating system hangs. Sometimes even before starting the installation (while still in live CD mode), sometimes during. Sadly, Ubuntu 9.10 has major issues on Atom 330/Intel 945GC+ICH7 chipset machines no matter what I do, it will always crash during installation. Since my preference in distributions lies with Debian-based systems, and Ubuntu in particular,I obviously went for the latest Ubuntu release, version 9.10. Now, however, I want to try Linux as an HTPC operating system, but I kind of ran into a roadblock there with Ubuntu 9.10 – so the question is: what is a good HTPC Linux distribution? It performed its job fine running Windows 7 and Boxee, and over the past few months, it ran Mac OS X Leopard with Plex.
I have an Atom 330-based tiny computer which I use as my HTPC.
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