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>From looking at lmce (Linux Media Center Edition) I think that is
probably the best option. From what I have seen it the most advanced
HA software system on the market at a fraction of the price. That
includes windows and linux apps.<br>
<br>
I will continue to do some research and can post my findings here if
ALErs are interested.<br>
<br>
On 06/25/10 09:25, Jim Kinney wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTinKO3l1kUE-GLtC9EfBlp4XIwf5MzJDCDbOWoyP@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Never underestimate the usefullness of being able to bolt
the brains to the back of the display.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcsr/index.html">http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcsr/index.html</a><br>
<br>
The cpu is not very powerful but the graphics supports offloaded video
decompression. <br>
<br>
Plus these:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/pico_itx">http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/pico_itx</a><br>
<br>
with tech data here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/pico-itx/">http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/pico-itx/</a><br>
<br>
Be sure to look at devices using the VX700 graphics:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/v-series/vx700/index.jsp">http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/v-series/vx700/index.jsp</a><br>
<br>
The link at the bottom of the page leads to linux drivers here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action">http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action</a><br>
<br>
however, I'm pretty convinced it's in the mainstream X packaging and
kernel now.<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:33 AM, William
Fragakis <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:william@fragakis.com">william@fragakis.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">oops,
bad link for the msi. That's a dual core. A single core will do<br>
just fine. Newegg seems out of them at the moment. Dual cores will do if<br>
you need to run the apps locally (on the client not the server) for some<br>
reason.<br>
<br>
regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">William<br>
</font>
<div class="im"><br>
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 02:07 -0400, jrtroberts wrote:<br>
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<div class="h5">> I am working with a friend of mine to slowly
get his house setup for<br>
> home automation. He is trying to get his house setup as a demo
house<br>
> for home automation packages, an entrepreneurial business he owns.
He<br>
> is not the most tech savvy guy I have ever met, but he has some
money<br>
> and a strong desire to make this work. I was hoping that someone
at ALE<br>
> has had some experience with thin clients and home automation with
linux.<br>
><br>
> He has two daughters in grade school and would like them to have
thin<br>
> clients in their rooms. He would also like to have streaming
video to<br>
> his TV's and possibly some other thin clients for things such as<br>
> security management, lighting control, sprinkler control, and
anything<br>
> else he can roll into the home automation package. I am aware
that he<br>
> may not need thin clients for all of this, but I would still like
to<br>
> understand my options.<br>
><br>
> His primary system is an Ubuntu 9.10x64 desktop system. Because
issues<br>
> with the mobo and 10.04 we cannot upgrade until drivers and other
issues<br>
> are figured out on the linux side. It is a core2 quad with 8 gigs
of<br>
> ram, 2 gig nics, and plenty of storage capacity. I am hoping that<br>
> setting up roaming user accounts and terminal services is a fairly<br>
> straight forward task. Whether it is or not, I could use some
input on<br>
> this subject as well.<br>
><br>
> The more important issue is pricing or building the thin clients.
Is<br>
> there a good company to look into when buying thin clients for
this type<br>
> of environment. I am very inexperienced with this type of
hardware and<br>
> generally inexperienced with linux as whole. Any help would be
greatly<br>
> appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your time.<br>
><br>
> Joshua Roberts<br>
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