Startup without shell

[Saxon262]

I apologise if this is in the wrong category


im planning to put together a multimedia centre using one of those net top barebone PCs with a Intel atom processor


this is what I am planning to use if it helps
http://www.ebuyer.com/387595-shuttle-xs35gs-v3-intel-atom-d2700-barebone-system-xs35gs-v3


I am thinking of using XBMC as it looks like it can do pretty much everything I want. My question is. As power will be low with a machine like that. How would I go about setting up Ubuntu to only boot with XBMC and its dependences. No shell or anything. And maybe something like gnome do for if I needed to launch the shell for some reason.

Cheers

[Isamu715]

When you install XBMC an XBMC session entry will be added to the login screen and you'll be ablo to boot into a XBMC-only session. No GNOME or anything else will be loaded. If you want to save space you can start with a minimal install so you can have the components you want and nothing more.

Also, there are distributions specialised for media centers like OpenELEC (http://openelec.tv/).

[Saxon262]

No way

i feel a bit stupid now. thanks though. and i will definitely look into openELEC