FAQ: Which is the best front end!? - Page 5

smeesseman · 04-09-2007, 09:18 PM

Centrafuse, Centrafuse, Centrafuse.
I like RoadRunner too to play around with but as far as a commercial grade product that I would recommend to others? Centrafuse...

XbrvhrtX · 04-22-2007, 11:01 PM

Roadrunner with the Freedom pack

xenus · 05-04-2007, 06:10 AM

V.O.I.C.E.S. is the best without any words.

El_Cid · 05-04-2007, 04:06 PM

RR is the best and is a free one - hope it will stay this way forever

kelmk · 01-02-2008, 03:58 PM

Reviving an old thread.
I initial tried RR but gave up on it since I was a noob and wanted to get things running smoothly without too much modding. So I looked around and ended up buying Centrafuse. It was the slickest and most functional looking FEs I could find. Everything is integrated very nicely and doesn't require any outside programs to run although you can add them easily if you want.
I will likely switch over to RR when I get tired of the limited feature set of CF and fairly slow development/limited community of developers. But for now it is a very nice looking, functional front end that does everything I need it to do. The skinning app is looking great too.
I want to actually use my carpc and not be constantly tweaking it.

brandensin · 01-10-2008, 07:02 AM

RR... ALL THE WAY two thumbs up

I just played with cave.. it's got some potential... i love the graphic work and speed.

But then again.. it's noob talking hehe ^^

I am gonna play with frodo tonight right after dinner.. ^^

Blue ZX3 · 01-10-2008, 08:11 AM

Frodo...RIP...

Sig says it all!

Enforcer · 01-10-2008, 10:04 AM

FreeICE might be a serious challenger in the next couple of weeks or so.

turbocad6 · 01-10-2008, 10:20 AM

I was going to say the same thing, but then I went looking for the thread I can't find it???? what happened to it?

oh, found it now... somehow it's stuck in 2001.. I just tried to bump it, don't know if that worked

blk02si · 01-10-2008, 05:04 PM

Road Runner is the best frontend available and the votes back it. +1 from me.

If there were something better I would use it.

There is one distinct feature that makes RR much better than any of them, and that is because its 100% open source and has the largest and most talented developer base.

Don't like a feature? then remove it. Want a new feature? Add it. Want a unique look? Skin it. Its a simple philosophy that has gotten RR to the top.

It has the most features, can do anything other frontends do, including clone their GUI, and has the most supported hardware. (I know I'm listening to HD radio on the carPC)

At first use to a newb it may seem overwhelming, but if you take the time to learn how it works, its the most powerful frontend available at time of writing.

I would also like to add that, in my honest opinion, most of the commercial products are junk.

Blue ZX3 · 01-10-2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

I would also like to add that, in my honest opinion, most of the commercial products are junk.

Isn't that happen to just about any free software....ie...WA?

2k1Toaster · 01-10-2008, 07:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by blk02si

Road Runner is the best frontend available and the votes back it. +1 from me.

If there were something better I would use it.

There is one distinct feature that makes RR much better than any of them, and that is because its 100% open source and has the largest and most talented developer base.

Don't like a feature? then remove it. Want a new feature? Add it. Want a unique look? Skin it. Its a simple philosophy that has gotten RR to the top.

It has the most features, can do anything other frontends do, including clone their GUI, and has the most supported hardware. (I know I'm listening to HD radio on the carPC)

At first use to a newb it may seem overwhelming, but if you take the time to learn how it works, its the most powerful frontend available at time of writing.

I would also like to add that, in my honest opinion, most of the commercial products are junk.

Except the overwhelming for the n00b. I just reformatted my boot partition in the car because of vid. driver problems, and was curious about RR+Vista (Dont do it btw), so I then put XP and everything back on. I had music playing in RoadRunner within 1.5hrs included a full NTFS format of a 300Gb HD and XP installation, driver installation and all.

RoadRunner is now just as simple as everything else and I would actually venture to say the easiest. I downloaded the installer, pushed next, it did its thing. Downloaded winamp, pushed next next, deselected the bloatware like emusic tokens and toolbars, finish, ran the new RR Config, and started RoadRunner. All so simple. Much easier than before.

stifler92274 · 01-15-2008, 11:43 PM

rr all the way

k4gps · 02-18-2008, 03:20 PM

Is there a place for a complete FAQ and review of RR? I am going backwards (or is it FORWARD?)on my CARputer. I have a list of things I want to be able to do with the PC and I am trying to design the best and most cost effective way of doing it. Right now I have not come with a good plan yet, Thought of a G4 but it will not allow me to surf the internet and load Windows apps. It sounds like RR will and now I want to learn more about the features and what sort of hardware I may need for it. I found the RR home page and some screen shots but that is about it. I am looking for Windows Apps (Internet), Bluetooth phone, DVD player, XM/Sirus player, AM/FM capability, of course CD and MP3 Player and NAV using DeLorme Topo 5.0. I will be using a Cradlepoint router with a EVDO card for my LAN connection.
Rich

HiJackZX1 · 03-03-2008, 02:37 PM

Wow, RoadRunner took the prize, but its cool to see CF took second (I use CF also). I tried StreetDeck and had a bad experience with it. I hated the interface on it and it seemed to be missing alot of features. CF on the other hand has alot of features, and they have a large community that creates plug-ins. I never tried RR.... i figured if I bought the Front End, it would be easy to get customer support, which David has been great at. He also has a forum, which helps with alot of questions and answers.