> it took them a good 10-15 minutes to get the projector working. I installed my old projector ages ago, on a 1st version PPC Mac Mini running Debian and the F

> it took them a good 10-15 minutes to get the projector working. I installed my old projector ages ago, on a 1st version PPC Mac Mini running Debian and the Freevo media player (if memory serves, Kodi didn't even exist as XBMC back then). No problems whatsoever setting up the whole thing, aside the atrociously loud BONNNG! the Mac Mini played when turned on, but that's another story. I think setting up hardware is a hit and miss, and sometimes crap happens also under Windows where drivers are packaged according to brand, not chipset, and often bring all sort of junk with them.