New to openHAB, should I go directly to v2?

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Hello Sebastien

I’m running the V1 since one year now and I’m very satisfied with it. I’m using MQTT + Arduino/ATMega328p and mainly 433Mhz RF communication as my main wireless communication system.
Regarding the V2 I’m waiting for it to be released officialy, I’m not seing the need at this time to go for it. If a friend asked me with some technical IT skills I will advice him to go for the V1 as I’m sure of what he can expect.

Regarding the sexyness of OpenHAB indeed the standard UI is not so good, nevertheless there is some interesting approach on dashboard like HABPanel

HABPanel - Yet another implementation of a no-frills dashboard

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and a sexy android app (not open source)

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