Mythbuntu 7.10 Public Beta
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| The Mythbuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta of Mythbuntu-7.10.
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http://www.mythbuntu.org/node/67
Video of LinuxMCE at the bottom.
Linux Media Center PCs Review Roundup
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| LinuxMCE vs. MythTV. LinuxMCE is the most amazing thing to come out of the
| multimedia world on any platform, period. But try finding an OEM carrier that
| will sell this amazing product to you, pre-installed. You won't find many.
|
| While the big box stores choose to sell the ever-lame Windows MCE, one
| provider had the guts to step into the ring and truly provide us with a
| viable Linux media appliance suitable for our living rooms. MythTV, while not
| as 'flash-bang-pretty' as LinuxMCE, has been around long enough to find
| itself in the position of being a solid, long-term project with some
| fantastic user and developer support.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2664
Related:
Ex-MS security guru to dump Media Center for Linux?
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| Veteran Microsoft security expert, Jesper Johansson, says he may dump
| Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE
| after struggling with Redmond's DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ex-MS-security-guru-dumps-Media-Center-for-Linux/0,130061733,339282399,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/34as9b
Media Portal Xface Skin Version 1.0 | Competition for Vista MCE?
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| One thing about open source software: you never know how people will improve
| it. Take Media Portal for instance. I have tried it but ultimately went with
| BeyondTV to watch TV on my computer. That, however, might change though with
| the release of Xface Skin Version 1.0.
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http://www.floppyhead.com/2007/09/29/media-portal-xface-skin-version-10-competition-for-vista-mce/
Former Windows Developer Trashes Windows Vista, Gets Slapped, Falls Back in
Line
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| Alec Saunders, a former Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Canada, had a
| bone to pick with Windows Vista.
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http://soft-vn.net/windows/former-windows-developer-trashes-windows-vista-gets-slapped-falls-back-in-line/20079348-11536.aspx
Linux media center distro adds flashy features
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| LinuxMCE appears to comprise a set of add-ons -- such as the MythTV DVR
| (digital video recorder), for example -- that sit on top of Kubuntu, the
| version of Ubuntu that uses KDE (K desktop environment). It adds numerous
| fancy features, including the optional alpha-blended UI (user interface)
| shown in the screenshots below.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6449672401.html
LinuxMCE 0704 Released
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| "LinuxMCE 0704 is a major improvement over the original 1.0 release.
| According to a poll, 86% now report LinuxMCE installs and starts up without
| problems, versus 27% with the original release.
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http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Software/LinuxMCE-0704-Released.html
LinuxMCE 1.1 Released -- Now Runs KDE
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| There's also word that LinuxMCE, since it works so well with the
| KDE desktop environment, that the guys at the KDE project are
| seriously considering integrating LinuxMCE into their upcoming
| 4.0 release. Now this is HUGE! If combined in the KDE 4.0 release,
| LinuxMCE + Kubuntu would be a free, open-source competitor/aternative
| to Windows Vista Ultimate.
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http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/3891/linuxmce_1_1
Mythbuntu 7.10 Public Alpha 3
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| Today marks the release for the third Mythbuntu alpha image. With this
| release, we introduce an AMD64 built image as well a standard x86 build.
| Should there be enough demand for a PPC build, we will do one of this for the
| next alpha.
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http://www.mythbuntu.org/node/44
Mythbuntu 7.10 Public Alpha 2
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| Today the Mythbuntu team is announcing our second alpha image.
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http://www.mythbuntu.org/node/13
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