I think some of us still have some old computers that would be perfect for a Plex Client but it’s just impossible to run Windows on them and be optimal and run 1080p files. I have a ATOM ION box that I installed XBMCBuntu (or XBMCFreak) and the box run flawlessly all my files on my NAS (with V…

Having a distro that just boots to a plex client would be amazing, especially on small ARM devices like Rasberry pi. Imagine turing on your tv, which would then power on your device (Rasberry Pi) which would just bring up plex. Throw in some transcoding and we have got ourselves a very che…

+1 There is the Plex linux client (Standard PMC client), but it is kinda a pain to get compiled and running. Likely with a little work it would be quite simple. Could even setup debian packages (or ubuntu packages), which would serve most people.

How about an official PlexBMC plugin for XBMC so it will run natively on Linux for any distribution or LiveCD you would like to use?

Check the thread here for some thoughts on this

1 I would love a standalone installation that runs on a light linux distro. Took me 2 hours just to get Windows 7 installed to run Plex on as I had to create a bootable USB drive, install Windows, install all updates, install anti virus, install flash, silverlight, graphics drivers and then on…

Sorry for the double post! This would be an amazing feature. It goes very well along with the user-friendly aspect of Plex.

+1 - or I’d love to see the devs give the current developer of PleXBMC a hand and get that working a bit nicer. It’s the one part of the equation that is missing for me and keeps me running an OpenELEC XBMC box for my media room.

There is a linux client, see: http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/34482-the-state-of-plex-media-center-on-linux/ http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/49590-how-to-installing-plex-on-ubuntu-1210-64bit/ Much better than PleXBMC, because its actually Plex's client, just like the…

REQUEST: Linux Client (like XBMCbuntu)

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REQUEST: Linux Client (like XBMCbuntu)

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