HAHA!

Joyous giggle.

teeheee.

Can you tell I've installed it and the lovely interface is downloading updates.

Note: I did and "apt-get update" after getting a failed vim-gtk install, which it notice and prompted me to install them.

I didn't get the keyboard to work, but I don't care. I have my light Dell on the left and my Kensington expertmouse on the right.

I'll keep you informed.

Oh, the UPS guy seemed to want it. It was found on the driver's seat in the truck, but the truck was in for repairs.

I would assume you could add that, but not my goal. It DOES have a MythTV link on the desktop, so I assume they are accounting for it soon enough.

The welcome letter was like a cult initiation. And I'm a believer. I LOVE this thing. I'm typing, lounging on my bed, perfect distance from a huge screen.

Web videos are good, Hulu works, and Pandora sounds great.

I've got full konsole, X and rdesktop access to everything I need, and stumbleupon is calling me.

SMB mount, perfect. Use gnome interface, click to my music, missing codec.

Install? Sure.

30 seconds later, I'm blasting David Gilmour through my AV system.

I'm never leaving this room again.

And the boy got the keyboard to work, I'm letting him use it for now.

HDMI->Onkyo

Onkyo pulls the audio, sends the video to the TV.

So yes, if I am actively in choice/setup mode, I need the TV on.

But not after that.

I am considering an HDMI A/B switch and put a a little LCD screen in front of the device for low use device control during music play.