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Dashboard Linux - 1 Year Later

Posted by michael on from the how-to-raise-your-insurance-rates dept.

bergeron76 writes "It's been just over a year since the DashPC/Dashboard Linux project initially got jump started. Since then, the project has grown by an order of magnitude. The initial codebase has been released on freshmeat and sourceforge, and we're working with several other developers on integrating projects such as Linux GPS Navigation, wardrive mapping, and ODBII automobile interfacing. The potential is endless, considering just a couple of recent news headlines, and how we'd love to eventually bring them to both new and existing automobiles."

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  1. When will the Corporate Dashboard linux come? by freakyfreak2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wouldn't be surprised that down the road some major car manufacturers start using this open source code for onboard computer systems. It would save them money, help create a standard for onboard computers and probably bring about a new revolution in the modern society(ok, a bit of hyperbole).

  2. slashdotted by Karamchand · · Score: 4, Informative

    If the server which hosts www.dashpc.com is obviously too slow to handle the load of the typical slashdot effect, why don't you host it at your Sourceforge webspace?

    Just curious :)

  3. One guy's setup by interiot · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is this just one guy's setup, or is it designed to be compatible across many different setups? There are a lot of different input methods (wireless keyboard, mouse, joystick, twiddler, touch-screen), lots of different output devices (sound only w/ text-to-speech, sound with screen, NTSC TV, true VGA, a non-standard LCD screen), several different ways to control powerup/powerdown (eg. tell the inverter to turn off after finishing powerdown, wake on LAN/802.11b, ability to tell the car to auto-start to recharge the battery). A set of software that supports a variety of these would be truly valuable and I'd gladly contribute, but this looks like it's just one guy's particular setup.

  4. Picture mirror by SoCalChris · · Score: 4, Informative

    From his site...

    http://www.chrisnaimee.com/pics/pics.html

    Enjoy!

  5. I disagree with your set theory... by jtdubs · · Score: 3, Informative

    You seem to not have a firm grasp of mathematics.

    Endless could be read as "infinite."

    There are an infinite number of real numbers between 0 and 1. That set doesn't include 2 or 3. But, it's still endless.

    Infinite is not the same as all-encompassing.

    There are infinite counting numbers (integers >= 1), but they don't include the negatives or 0, but they are still endless.

    Anyway, you can see my point. Just because you can name two or three things that our not in a given set, doesn't make that set finite.

    To take it even further. thet set of all possible numbers is also not all-encompassing. It doesn't include the letter 'A'. So, it's still a matter of domain. The possibilities can only be infinite, or endless, within their domain.

    Justin Dubs