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    The Ouya is an Android-based device that hooks up to TVs and plays video games.

    Linux on the OUYA

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    Is there a Linux distro out for OUYA yet, so I can make it my media center incl. networking, browser etc.?

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    ...Why would you want to do that?

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    @hailinel said:

    ...Why would you want to do that?

    I would probably estimate the ouya crowd and the linux crowd are probably close together

    in that both of them don't have any games

    zing

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    #4  Edited By Wuddel

    Because I could not care less about the games on that thing. I want it as a tiny media center. I bougt this for the hardware, because the Rasberry Pi is to sluggish.

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    Installing a different OS on this box might be difficult:

    http://randomfoo.net/2013/05/10/hacking-the-ouya

    The bootloader is locked, essentially. I think the OUYA team released their source code recently, but I don't think that will be of much help in this case.

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    #6  Edited By Hailinel

    @wuddel said:

    Because I could not care less about the games on that thing. I want it as a tiny media center. I bougt this for the hardware, because the Rasberry Pi is to sluggish.

    Man, there have to be better solutions than hacking an Ouya if that's what you're looking for.

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    I think my Ouya came in the mail today. I wasn't home so now I have to wait tomorrow. And then yeah, just going to load homebrew shit on it.

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