When comparing XBian vs LinuxMCE, the Slant community recommends LinuxMCE for most people. In the question“What are the best operating systems for a Home Theatre PC?” LinuxMCE is ranked 15th while XBian is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose LinuxMCE is:
The installation wizard automatically finds and detects all your hardware details and adds the configurations accordingly. It also asks for your permission before each step and then carries on the next screen. Everything is completed in 5 minutes.
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Pros
Pro Easy installation
The installation wizard automatically finds and detects all your hardware details and adds the configurations accordingly. It also asks for your permission before each step and then carries on the next screen. Everything is completed in 5 minutes.
Pro Easy to use
Even with multiple features and options, LinuxMCE is still very easy to use; everything is very intuitive and dead simple to find your way around with everything being available through a point and click UI.
Pro 10 foot UI
Cons
Con Lots of bugs
Unfortunately LinuxMCE has some very annoying bugs. For example there are some things that will not work with the default settings, and that's a real downside for beginners. It's also rather complicated to get a weborbiter working.