I feel bad writing in an IMX.6 topic.
I know Sam and the team are doing a lot of work to make OSMC a fantastic media center solution and even an alternative for linux distributions.
I bought a Cubox-i4 Pro last year November. The RPi2 had not yet been announced. I needed something faster than the RPi1. With its sleek design and powerful SOC and even SATA support and Bluetooth internally, theoretically it should be able to turn any audio system into a Bluetooth receiver, I thought it was worth the investment.
I was convinced XBian would be fully supported as the first build was already out for Cubox and the guy from GeeXbox was keen on helping to get Flexget installed in GeeXBox. I even donated €50 to XBian.
Then I also bought a Cubox for one of my parents.
Now, nearly 10 months later, GeeXbox has basically died. A working, stable XBian for Cubox is further than ever. Archlinux used to work, but installing it has become impossible (and SolidRun even closed one of my topics about ArchLinux no longer installing on their IMX.6). The only stable mediacenter solution that works is OpenElec.
And SolidRun is dead quiet about it.
It is a complete waste to run OE on a Cubox since it has the power to be more than just a simple client. It has enough juice to function as the main media center hub. Using old RPis as a client in the bedroom for example.
I start to think I made a huge mistake spending 2x €140 on Cuboxes and donating 50 box to XBian. If I want to have a fully functional mediacenter (=OSMC) that also takes care of file management and downloading, I will have to buy an RPi2 for myself.
Is there still hope for IMX.6? Or have others given up, is there lack of support from SolidRun? These are the real questions I have, embarrased to ask because I don’t want to put pressure on the OSMC devteam.