Question do you love wasting hours trying to make your Linux box to work?

[VDSEWBVJ]

I dont I really have a deep hatred towards all thing linux boxes

other nonlinnux satboxes are very easy to setup

but the hours I have spent in the past trying to make the Dreambox 800 and now the Cloud -ibox to work I WILL NEVER GET BACK!!!!

[blueflash234]

that's the sat hobby, welcome aboard

[RuberDuck]

The Enigma2 platform while quite mature is still and always has been largly for hobbyists, any manufacturer, company or retailer that tries to say other wise is talking utter crap. All images are produced by unpaid amateur teams not multi million pound companies, so don't expect fault less images any time soon if ever.

[smokin]

yeah, I understand...I've lost what about 7-8 hours on mine over the last few years...but it does get better once you learn.....and that is time well spent.

[makster1978]

hi I am new to these I have purchased I ibox 2 plus,i have been successful in doing a sat search that's it,no plugins work as anybody a link to a tutorial to set this up its currently running openvil or something,complete nightmare this thing

[DigitalVandal]

Buy a clone and expect problems, get an original vu or technomate with official support from the image makers and things are easier and more compatible.

[makster1978]

now lcd screen stuck on boot and openvix displays on screen after a re flash, what next apart from binning it

[DigitalVandal]

Have you reflashed it with a clone safe image or just the latest version of vix?

[cactikid]

vix dont support this clone box so beware of what the future may bring.

[DigitalVandal]

vix dont support this clone box so beware of what the future may bring.

Basically the point I've been making. Clones are a complete waste of money, they don't work well as no official support, you have to get patched images and by the time you've managed to get it working you could have earned the money to buy a decent receiver.

[cactikid]

they wont listen or spend the money but gives them the chance to dabble only question how soon could it be bricked,as long as they have done the research on that box?
no ?

[Penguin101]

I too have spent hours, but its not wasted when you've learnt something new!

[DigitalVandal]

I too have spent hours, but its not wasted when you've learnt something new!

Learning is great and very rewarding not great though when what you're doing is correct but the equipment doesn't do what it's supposed to because it is cheap, poorly made, electrically unsafe and/or bricked. The images carry drivers for the original hardware which often has code in it to intentionally brick clones. Is it worth the hassle?