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Linux DVD Player on a Bootable CD?

Posted by Cliff on from the ultra-convenient-AV-component dept.

Kumar asks: "I'm trying to make a bootable Linux CD with nothing more than XFree86 4 and ogle to play DVDs. I'm trying to make it as simple as possible: boot the system, change the CD, hit 'play'. If anyone has attempted anything like this before I'd like to hear of their successes and/or any tips on achieving this goal." A Linux box set up like this might make a nice alternative to an expensive DVD player. Is anyone working on something like this?

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  1. Re:You have got to be kidding me.. by Bojay+Iverson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No one wants to play Tux Racer. Not any one person on this god forsaken planet.

    You just want to pretend to be cool, all the while sitting there thinking 'I wish I had a Nintendo, If I did, I might have some friends here with me.'

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    Psychos do not explode when the sunlight hits them, I don't care how fucked up they are.
  2. It was a bloody stupid question. by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why on earth would anyone build a PC to do something a piece of hardware can do cheaper and better? There's absolutely no point. If you want to do something "hacky", for fun, at least have it be something *useful*!

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"