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Netflix Player runs Linux
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| Movie distributor Netflix is offering a $100 set-top box aimed at enabling
| subscribers to stream movies on demand, using a broadband Internet
| connection. The player runs an embedded Linux OS and is supplied by Roku, a
| California-based company known for its Linux-based PVRs (personal video
| recorders).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8633598605.html
$100 Netflix DVD downloader runs Linux?
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| Netflix and Roku today jointly announced a tiny set-top box (STB) said to
| offer unlimited streaming of DVDs and TV episodes on Netflix members’ TVs.
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http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/05/20/100-netflix-dvd-downloader-runs-linux/
And another appliance:
Upgraded VPN software available in Linux micro-server
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| Japanese micro-server specialist Plat'Home is offering an interesting VPN
| (virtual private network) client pre-installed on its MIPS-based Linux
| micro-server. SoftEther's PacketiX VPN 2.0 software encodes entire Layer 2
| Ethernet frames as HTTPS traffic, allowing remote access to any network
| protocol without network reconfiguration, the company claims.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7727178090.html
Relatd:
Myka sneaks BitTorrent into the living room
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| OK, perhaps not so sneaky, there's a nice big BitTorrent logo right up front,
| but Myka seems to be quite the end-to-end solution for getting those torrents
| up on the big screen. The box hooks up to the internet via LAN or WiFi,
| includes a 80GB, 160GB or a 500GB drive for storage and runs a torrent client
| on Linux.
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/21/myka-sneaks-bittorrent-into-the-living-room/
Open Source DVR Challenges TiVo
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| A/V geeks and open source hackers alike are sure to fall in love
| with the MonolithMC HD DVR system, which runs the Linux based
| MythTV platform.
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http://gobloggit.com/?p=27
Gunning for Tivo in the GPL debate
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| In the ongoing battle between Linux kernel developers and the Free
| Software Foundation (FSF) over the future of the GNU Public License
| (GPL), somehow DVR-maker Tivo has become either the whipping boy or
| the poster child, depending on whose side you are on. FSF founder
| Richard Stallman even coined a term for what he sees as misuse of the
| GPL: "tivoization".
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http://uk.builder.com/0,39026540,39338597,00.htm
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