Re: GeeXboX (linux multimedia)

[Jesse Keating <hosting j2solutions net>]

On Friday 30 May 2003 19:09, Tom Diehl wrote:
> There was a posting on /. sometime this week talking about this. The
> general consensus seem to be that it ended up being more expensive to build
> one of these yourself. It got me thinking about it also though. I wonder
> what it would cost to build one if you had to buy all of the hardware.
>
> IMO even if it was a little more expensive it would still be worth it to
> not have people mucking with my hardware. If I wanna skip commercials then
> I put software in to skip commercials. At least until it is illegal to
> program your own hardware. :-(

Well, another added bonus is that since it can be a full Linux base, then the 
system can handle more household duties than just a PVR system.  It can run 
your DNS/DHCP/fileserver/firewall etc....  Much more features than a Tivo (;

I'm seriously going to bring this up to my company and see if we can't launch 
a test market.

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Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE
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