{"id":6166,"date":"2013-09-28T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2013-09-28T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:43:13","slug":"raspberrypi-xbmc-solutions-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6166","title":{"rendered":"#RaspberryPi XBMC solutions compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/raspberry-pi-xbmc-solutions-compared-raspbmc-vs-openel-1394239600\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ku-bigpic1.jpg' alt='Raspberry Pi XBMC Solutions Compared: Raspbmc vs OpenELEC vs XBian' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over at Lifehacker, Thorin Klosowski has done a comparison of the three XBMC distros (Raspbmc, OpenELEC, XBian). 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