Hacking the world
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| Simon Brock extols the virtues of open source inside, where using open-source
| code in commercial products can add value for both users and companies.
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| The firmware was open source because there's a cut-down Linux system running
| on the embedded ILOM hardware within the Solaris box. Now, I doubt that many
| people will want to tweak their server ILOM firmware (although there are
| bound to be a few installations where it might be required), and if anyone
| did I wouldn't want to use their revisions - but that isn't the point. The
| point is that if a product incorporates open-source software, people are at
| liberty to change the way that product works. In this column, I'll check out
| how open-source is being used in commercial products, and how people are
| tweaking those products as a result.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/156681/hacking-the-world.html
The Linux Audio Server Project - Revisited
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| Combining LIRC, XMMS, GRIP, VNC, Festival and some BASH scripting
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http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/lirc.html
Related and recent:
How to Choose the Best WRT54G Router for You
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| But wait, there's more! Like the revivalist WRT54GL, Linksys has also
| introduced the WRTSL54GS. Just in time, too, before they run out of letters.
| The 'SL54GS takes the best features of the classic WRT54GS—32MB of RAM and
| 8MB of flash—tosses in a spiffy new 264MHz CPU, a Linux-based firmware easily
| upgraded with an alternative, and just for good measure, a USB port. The port
| supports external storage, which can be shared and managed over the network
| via the router's firmware. Or, with the right alternative firmware, the
| WRTSL54GS can run an embedded Bittorrent client and store files directly onto
| attached storage with no host computer at all and just 7 watts of power
| consumption.
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| At just over $100 street price, the WRTSL54GS may not be the bargain of a
| second-hand WRT54G V4, but it's still a small chunk of change for a boatload
| of features.
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http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3717916
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