[ale] Apple TV, soon running linux?

Brian Pitts bpitts at learnlink.emory.edu
Wed Mar 28 17:29:59 EDT 2007


Apple TV was only released a few days ago, and there's already a project 
trying to get linux running on it. Also there's a $500 bounty to get 
Asterisk running.

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Linux_on_Apple_TV
http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/28/500-bounty-to-make-an-apple-tv-pbx/

For anyone who hasn't seen the Apple TV specs yet, for $299 you get
# Intel Pentium-M "Crofton" Processor
    * 1.0 GHz
    * 2 MiB of L2 cache
    * 350 MHz underclocked system bus
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 (64 MB VRAM)
# 256 MB of 400 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
# 40 GB hard disk.
# USB 2.0
# 10BASE-T/100BASE-T Ethernet
# 802.11 b, g, n wireless networking (BCM43xx)
# Infrared Receiver
# HDMI (audio & video)
# Component Video
# Output resolutions
# S/PDIF digital optical audio
# RCA analog stereo audio
# Built-in universal 48W power supply
# 7.7x7.7x1.1 in (197x197x28 mm)
# 2.4 lb (1.09 kg)

-Brian



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