Odroid

Switched to Debian. Two images are:

1.  Odrobian Jessie with MATE & KODI (or headless) for XU3/XU4
2.  Debian Jessie

Currently using the second.

Mount USB drive.

http://linuxconfig.org/howto-mount-usb-drive-in-linux
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

Syncing data

 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/07/rsync-over-ssh-without-password/

Fan control

http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=16308

orig: 1 51 71 91 -> 68 73 85
test:1 30 50 95 ->50 70 80
using:  1 30 50 95 -> 65 75 85

also http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=16520

 cpuctrl -s -g "powersave" -m 300M -M 1G
 cpuctrl -s    -M 1.4G -g performance
 cpuctrl -s -g "conservative"

Installed tvheadend 

 TVheadend Versions:

4.1-1162 not working for me (from odroidian)
4.1-997 works (from jessi)
4.1-1257  using from tvheadend repo

Installed Kodi

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=214619
 http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=221862&page=2

 https://wiki.debian.org/ffmpeg
http://deb-multimedia.org/dists/sid/main/binary-armhf/package/kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-superrepo-kodi-easy-addon-installation/


Linux - How to build new PVR addons

Odroid UX4

My Raspberry Pi died so I replaced it with the 8 core Odroid UX4.

ODROID-XU4 is a new generation of computing device with more powerful, more energy-efficient hardware and a smaller form factor.
Offering open source support, the board can run various flavors of Linux, including the latest Ubuntu 15.04 and Android 4.4 KitKat and 5.0 Lollipop.
By implementing the eMMC 5.0, USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, the ODROID-XU4 boasts amazing data transfer speeds, a feature that is increasingly required to support advanced processing power on ARM devices.

Set the fan

I was worried about the noise. It is not loud  but audible. After:

change the governor to "interactive" from "performance"

http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=15737
It is not running apart from startup See Also
 https://github.com/nthx/odroid-xu3-fan-control

Ubuntu

came with  15.04

updated via http://askubuntu.com/a/196777
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-14-04
TODO
Installed Tvheadend, Ubuntu comes with Kobi
 https://tvheadend.org/boards/5/topics/16572?r=16573#message-16573