Setting up Raspbmc on the Raspberry Pi - soon to be OSMC - using Windows 8

The Raspbmc image for the Raspberry Pi is a port of the Media Center software XBMC. It is a beautiful media center interface and since the final port has been completed is an absolute pleasure to use on the Raspberry Pi hardware. It makes the RPi a very affordable Media PC.

XBMC has been renamed to Kodi and subsequently the Raspbmc port will also be renamed to OSMC. To view the latest tutorial on how to install OSMC on the Raspberry Pi click here.

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What can I do with a Raspberry Pi?

Regardless of whether you have bought yourself a Raspberry Pi or are still deciding to (just do it!!), you will inevitably get to the point where you ask what you can actually do with it? I have played around with them for a while now and found numerous tasks for my Raspberry Pi's which I have become rather reliant on. Here is a list of links and descriptions to projects that I have worked on and plan to work on:

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Setting up OSMC on the Raspberry Pi - previously Raspbmc

I will complete this as soon as the OSMC image is released. Please see the post on how to setup Raspbmc if you are looking for the previous version.

Go to the official site to see the progress and get the info straight from the source http://www.raspbmc.com/

What is a Raspberry Pi and why should I care?

The Raspberry Pi (also called RPi for short) is an awesome piece of hardware that really brings the world of computers and programming and custom hardware projects into the hands of people without massive research and development labs and/or endless amounts of money to play with technology.

I have always wanted to play around with ideas and try exploit hardware and software but I have never been in a position to play around because the hardware I have had has been necessary for actually doing work and/or not really been in a position to work directly on my motherboards to see what I can or can't do.

So to cut a long story short having a RPi opens up so many possibilities. I have multiple projects which I have done with my RPi's (which I hope to find time to share) and I'm constantly thinking of new things based on the exposure to the world of hardware solutions.

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