I some how agree with this friend.
First of all i have to announce that I am and used to be a fan of openpli because of many reasons.
-Great support
- Great Stability
-Being Very user friendly
- Less unnecessary modifications in the source codes
-Reliability specially for the plugins and downloadable items
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But beside these advantages there are some points missing specially for Dreambox owners! (DM800hd PVR)
I have had a little comparison between OPENPLI and GP3 and faced following results
1- as I said before the openpli image (even and old one for my DM800) wins in mentioned fields specially in stability and functioning
2- A very important plugin for some users like me (staying in iran and facing sever filtering) is openvpn. Although I can install and run it through the telnet terminal but there is a little plugin missing here for activating and DE-activating this function
3- Now a days most of people are dependent on their smart devices specially for sharing photos and videos which leads us to DLNA sharing systems (vlc sucks on android devices!) and here is the exact point that you need a user friendly client plugin for using shared media and an advanced plugin to make up ur DLNA server on your STB. and this is what GP3 easily offers and openpli doesn't!
4- Some people find it very useful to be able to customize the skin information fields. Despite of GP3, you can not (at Least I could not) customize the information fields on my skin for example the transponder info, the ECM and ... and although I can have this information on second info-bar but customizing the skin is another story
5- for Setting up swap as mentioned in previous before
I think a little upgrade on ppanel can resolve most of these disadvantages and make this image the best even for old fashioned dreamboxes!!!!