From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DyePq-0004u2-14 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:37:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6TNZh6H000577; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:35:43 GMT Received: from deliverator7.gatech.edu (deliverator7.gatech.edu [130.207.165.169]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6TNW7GH028652 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:32:07 GMT Received: from hormel2.gatech.edu (hormel2.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "hormel2.prism.gatech.edu", Issuer "Tech Support CA" (verified OK)) by deliverator7.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04FB02038 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gtg940r@mail.gatech.edu) Received: from ([130.207.171.122]) by hormel2.gatech.edu with ESMTP with TLS id KP-BRAWG.21706065; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:28 -0400 Received: from deliverator2.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC10A484 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gtg940r@mail.gatech.edu) Received: from mailprx3.gatech.edu (mailprx3.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security? Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator2.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C4DA483 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gtg940r@mail.gatech.edu) Received: from [192.168.0.10] (ks21.eastnet.gatech.edu [128.61.99.149]) (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=gtg940r, sender=n/a) by mailprx3.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE27F3A607 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gtg940r@mail.gatech.edu) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for a TV Box From: Luke Albers To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:27 -0400 Message-Id: <1122679947.29064.16.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c9f4120c-e996-4aa6-8036-26efc762f1a9 X-Archives-Hash: eff03174ad1e38b2dff879e92e89ce30 Tom, This is designed for cell phones and pdas but it might be worth your time to have a look at http://www.rasterman.com/files/eem.avi On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 17:49 +1200, Tom Eastman wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I've got a reasonably stripped down gentoo box (P3-733) with a good video > card running in my living room, with the TV as its monitor and a wireless > keyboard and mouse. > > Sounds great so far, doesn't it? But what shall I do with it? It has good > TV out capability but no TV in. I have freevo running at the moment, but > not MythTV, I'm not really brave enough yet, it seems pretty complicated to > set up (I have exactly zero MySQL experience). > > So, how would you go about getting a good computing experience out of an > older computer with a TV output? What do people think would make a nice > window manager? It would be kind of cool to get things like web-browsing > or email up and running. I'm kind of thinking some kind of non-window > based interface would be cool, like what you see on palm devices and such. > As well as locking it down to nice big fonts that can be easily read on a > TV screen. > > So what do people think? At the moment its primary function is to grab > movies and stuff off of my NFS and play them throught the TV, but I'm sure > there is potential for it to be so much more! > > Inspire me! ;-) > > Tom > > -- Luke Albers Electrical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology gtg940r@mail.gatech.edu -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list