Items Tagged With linux

Linux Media Center Edition 0704 has just been released, complete with a new walk-through video showing how to install and use the system.  Watch the video after the jump...

Here's a multi-talented little box that runs on embedded Linux, from SysMaster. Just have a look at the specs and features pages on the SysMaster Website for the huge list of uses - IPTV Streaming, Digital Audio Streaming, VoIP Telephony, Email Client, IM Client, PBX, VoiceMail, the list goes on...

HomeSeer have launched a new Home Automation Controller - HomeTroller. With a web interface, voice control and support for Lutron, Leviton, Z-Wave, UPB, Insteon products it's feature packed. Priced at around $1,100 for the basic unit, it's definately positioning its self at the upper end of the DIY Home Automation market and perhaps the lower end of the custom installer sector...

Home Automation projects can always use tiny, silent PCs, and here's a new one. The little disk-less Linutop PC is around £230 and runs Xubuntu from a USB stick.

"Linutop has Linux-based diskless computer. It offers has completely silent, low-power operation in year extremely small package. Its hand purpose is to surfing the Internet.

This looks very interesting. I have an old Windows 2000 Server box running our house currently that I've been dreading replacing because of all the complex applications setup on it over the years, and all the hours spent working on their configuration and setup. But with the new free beta release of "VMware Converter", it should be easy to turn any real machine, into a virtual one. Imagine having several virtual servers running on one real box. Imagine how easy it would be to get these "servers" back up on a new box in the event of a hardware failure on the physical server...