Build Your Own Linux Home Theater PC

Build Your Own Linux Home Theater PC 250

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 13, 2005 @02:48PM from the we-have-the-technology dept.

Vic writes "If you have ever dreamed of building a home theatre PC, Extremetech has details on building a Linux-based system, and covers all the details of this epic journey. They did get the unit to run lots of features such as CDs, video, TV, weather, media libraries, guide viewing and show recording." From the article: "To paraphrase one forum quote seen during the research phase of this piece: 'Buy the beer first, this ain't gonna be easy.' But there is some good news here too. Getting a Linux-based HTPC has probably never been easier, though that is admittedly damning with faint praise. So here then is the tale of our ongoing adventure toward building a Linux-based HTPC."

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Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @02:51PM (#12522578)

"but the beer first, this isn't going to easy"

'Buy the beer first, this ain't gonna be easy.' (Score:5, Funny)

by Shadow Wrought ( 586631 ) writes: <shadow DOT wrought AT gmail DOT com> on Friday May 13, 2005 @02:51PM (#12522582) Homepage Journal

Wait, I thought that when it came to the GPL and FOSS that beer was supposed to be free. Where'd I go wrong?

Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:5, Funny)

by hobbesx ( 259250 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @02:55PM (#12522634)

From Linux Journal:

Windows: Where do you want to go today?

MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow?

Linux: Are you coming or what?

Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:5, Funny)

by Neil Blender ( 555885 ) writes: <neilblender@gmail.com> on Friday May 13, 2005 @02:58PM (#12522668)

Linux: Are you coming or what?

More like:

Linux: Hey, are you going to eat that?

Building it is the easy part... (Score:5, Funny)

by machinegunhand ( 867735 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @02:58PM (#12522673) Homepage

...just wait until you try finding something decent to watch.

Where's the HTPC Distro? (Score:4, Funny)

by cloudscout ( 104011 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @03:05PM (#12522750) Homepage

When are we going to see a Linux distribution specifically geared toward home theater PCs?

Sure, I probably should research this before posting, but if I did that, I wouldn't be a proper Slashdot reader, would I?

"Buy the beer first...", famous last words (Score:4, Funny)

by jfb3 ( 25523 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @03:14PM (#12522859)

Don't they know that the difference between "Wouldn't it be cool if..." and a Darwin award is a couple of six-packs.

I'm in! (Score:3, Funny)

by PenguinBoyDave ( 806137 ) writes: <david&davidmeyer,org> on Friday May 13, 2005 @03:17PM (#12522885)

FINALLY...I have been waiting for something like this. I'm too cheap to buy all the things you used to need. But I have a bunch of computers I can use.

crap. (Score:4, Funny)

by sootman ( 158191 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @03:41PM (#12523152) Homepage Journal

no way will I have this done in time to record the Enterprise finale tonight.

I built my own Linux home theater PC... (Score:2, Funny)

by atomm1024 ( 570507 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @04:17PM (#12523601)

But then, my mom washed it, and it exploded.

How ironic... (Score:2, Funny)

by Meumeu ( 848638 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @04:20PM (#12523623)

An ASP web page explaining how to have a Microsoft free home...

Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:3, Funny)

by sessamoid ( 165542 ) writes: on Friday May 13, 2005 @05:14PM (#12524316)

No, more like: Linux: Hey, where the hell does this go?

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Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:3, Funny)

'Buy the beer first, this ain't gonna be easy.' (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:5, Funny)

Building it is the easy part... (Score:5, Funny)

Where's the HTPC Distro? (Score:4, Funny)

"Buy the beer first...", famous last words (Score:4, Funny)

I'm in! (Score:3, Funny)

crap. (Score:4, Funny)

I built my own Linux home theater PC... (Score:2, Funny)

How ironic... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan (Score:3, Funny)

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