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DIY linux-based MP3 player Appliance

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-the-do-it-yourself dept.

An anonymous reader submitted "LinuxDevices.com has just published an interesting how-to article about converting a GCT-Allwell set-top box into a linux-based TV set-top MP3 player. As a helpful aside it does useful things like email and web browsing through your TV. Looks like a fun project. A related article shows how to turn the same set top box into a router."

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  1. What a wonderful idea by 91degrees · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is good, but I feel a lot of home users are somewhat intimidated by Linux. Perhaps it would make more sense to use an industry standard OS such as WinCE