Best Linux Distro for Live Tv streaming?

XBMC is its own Linux distro and is meant for media centers, so in essence it would be good for what you're looking for.
 
If you want xmbc, you can just install it from Linux Mint. You don't need to reinstall an entire OS. Run these commands in a terminal:
Code: 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
 
NyxCharon said:
If you want xmbc, you can just install it from Linux Mint. You don't need to reinstall an entire OS. Run these commands in a terminal:
Code: 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
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Thanks NyxCharon: i did in the terminal sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppahe

and it did not find anything.
 
What is the exact output?
You might be missing add-apt-repository, which can be fixed with:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
 
NyxCharon said:
What is the exact output?
You might be missing add-apt-repository, which can be fixed with:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
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OK i was able to do it with, sudo apt-get install xbmc

it did load XBMC SOFTWARE ,now is anything i have to do to configure on the software manager for settings?
 
NyxCharon said:
I'd assume all the settings for it could be set from a menu when you run it.
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Thanks NyxCharon: i installed a few items from XMBC package but i don't think i need any of it, since i only watch soccer live events and already have VLC Player and Gerome Video Player as plug-ins and those are enough to watch live TV streaming,so i uninstalled the whole package
 
ivtec said:
Thanks NyxCharon: i installed a few items from XMBC package but i don't think i need any of it, since i only watch soccer live events and already have VLC Player and Gerome Video Player as plug-ins and those are enough to watch live TV streaming,so i uninstalled the whole package
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Me again One thing i don't like is when i go to these Soccer Live Tv sites they always say i need there plug-ins to be able to stream i have to go through some tedious X clicking to be able to watch games and when i hit those X exit buttons they present me with publicity crap that i have a hard time to exit out,why offer something that i don't need since 90% of the time my installed plug-ins work fine without their Adobe Hd flash players.
 
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