Nasht0n wrote:
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
__/ [ none ] on Wednesday 11 April 2007 13:52 \__
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Over at the #awkwardtv IRC channel, poster "Beyond" just announced
that
he's gotten Gentoo installed and running on his Apple TV. He used the
mach_linux_kernel maker from mactel_linux (aka Gimli's loader). The OS
(2.6.20.6 with the AppleTV patch) seems to be up and working after
a few
initial problems (now solved) with repeating characters.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/10/linux-on-apple-tv/
It's pretty pointless, apart from being a nice proof-of-concept
showoff.
One can get a fanless PC to do all the same things. It would cost under
$200 and require no tinkering.
sure, but it would be much bigger, no wireless, no remote, no hdmi, no
optical audio, etc.
Have you seen Linux MCE? Here's a video:
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/3683/completely_mind-blowing_linuxmce
A lot of the Mac zealots don't know anything more about the competition
than what type of processors Wintel and Linux runs on. BTW, if Linux was
actually usable by the masses, instead of being a geek's pass-time, many
people would consider using it and everything it has to offer.
The trouble is, is that Vista is too hard to install on a PC.
Linux is far easier to install. Too bad that the rest of the developers
don't know this.
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