[wellylug] Asus Eee pc and Xandros

[Bruce Hoult]

On Nov 12, 2007 5:06 PM, Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 16:10 +1300, Bruce Hoult wrote:
> > The AppleTV has none of those faults and is $100 cheaper than the Eee
> > PC in the 40 GB version.  Doesn't come with a divx codec, but is happy
> > if you drop a standard quicktime one into the appropriate directory on
> > the disk.
>
> Of course the problem with the AppleTV is that it's closed source... :-)

Only some of it.  The OS kernel and BSD userland (i.e. everything you
get on a non-X linux system) are all fully open source.


> But seriously, if you want a cheap PC platform media player, just build
> a desktop PC, or find one on special that suits your need.

Where will you find one that offers all the ports the AppleTV does for
less money?  Or is as small?  Or quiet?  Or low power?


> Desktops are dirt cheap, and run standard Linux, although they do have
> the disadvantage of sometimes being a bit noisy...

Sometimes?


> As Lindsay said though, a xbox running Linux would probably do
> everything you need...

Doesn't microsoft try pretty hard to stop you doing that?