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Group Outlines Specs For Linux-based Set-top boxes

Posted by Hemos on from the power-your-multimedia-world dept.

Shadowhawk writes "According to Silicon Strategies, a group called "TV Linux Alliance" is creating a spec for digital set-top boxes using Linux. The specifications, dubbed version 0.8, defines the functions for RF tuners and other components in Linux-based set-top boxes. It also outlines the application programming interfaces (APIs) for those devices, according to officials from the alliance."

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  1. Re:I guess the question is... by ninjadoug · · Score: 3, Funny

    See how Microsoft wants everything to run windows and be compatable with everything else, so yout fridge can talk to your bedside lamp. Well you guys seem to want everything to run Linux so everything takes hours to set up and no-one else can use it. But heh, TiVo is Linux based and I like it. So cool.

  2. Inventive naming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    > The specifications, dubbed version 0.8

    How long did it take them to come up with that? I think I'll name my next kid that...