PearlPi is a light weight very basic LXDE desktop with Kodi Media Center installed. Great distro for anyone to add your favorite raspberry pi software to.

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What sets PearlPi apart from other releases is a self contained OS with both a Linux desktop for you basic computer tasks as well as Kodi Media Center for all your entertainment desires. Kodi streams perfect 1080i HD Video Streams from your home Internet Connection. This Linux OS does not run on i386, amd64 etc computers it is specifically made for the Raspberry Pi 2. see www.raspberrypi.org for more details on this complete system under 40$.

TO PLAY VIDEO FILES ON DESKTOP ....
Most likely you will want to play all your multimedia through your Kodi Interface however if you would like to easily be able to play video as well as audio on the desktop, simply install banshee. To do this in your terminal type: " sudo apt-get install banshee "

Features

  • An arm (v71) OS based on Raspbian wheezy for a Raspberry Pi2
  • Stream live tv, movies and tv shows with Kodi Media Center built in
  • Iceweasel (firefox) and Midori Web Browsers
  • Edit your graphics with Gimp
  • Add your own software to PearlPi with Synaptic and Gdebi
  • Windows XP and Mac OS X themes preinstalled

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License

MIT License

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop, Testers

User Interface

X Window System (X11)

Registered

2015-08-08