XBIAN faster than any other XBMC distro for RPI

[IriDium]

I've used all distros - Openelec, Raspbmc and of course Xbian.

All are great, especially as they are free and a lot of work has gone into them.

I did like Raspbmc but alas, it was a bit slow and clunky and now that there is only one developer (Sam) it seemed a loosing cause and probably wouldn't have the same development as the rest.

Openelec is fast - certainly on boot and shutdown. If it was OC to the same values as default Xbian then it probably would be faster. Xbians default config doesn't cause any excess heat (Temperatures remain normal even during 1080p DTS playback)

Why say that my car is faster if I only use half throttle. The power in the RPi is there, so why not use it?

The MAIN reason I don't use Openelec is because of it's "shutdown" nature. I can see why they have done it, but I want to be able to see what is happening in my machine, so I want to install monitoring tools (nmon, wavemon etc) and I want to be able to transfer files.

It also means I am limited in being able to install updates relevant to my and any other users problems.

So it's Xbian for me.

The latest update is brilliant, fast efficient and now capable of playing 1080p DTS movies without stutter or excessive CPU use.

A big thank you to the developers and all their hard work.