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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. Yay. by The+Turd+Report · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, not only do I get to try and dodge all the morons with their cell phones and in-dash dvd players. Now, I have to avoid people compiling their kernels on the road. Sheesh.

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    Michael Loves Me!
  2. Kudos to these folks by The+Tyro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We've had computers in cars for years... they just were not the kind you typically think about. I think it's great that we are "open-sourcing" what goes on under the hood; I, for one, would love to know exactly what my engine is doing. Further, the potential to make changes (fuel/air mixture, timing, etc) in engine parameters would make such a project useful beyond even the geek factor.

    Also, newer cars have computers in them anyway... OnStar, GPS mapping, etc. Why not have an open alternative that those of us with older cars can implement? You will have to roll your own, but so what? most geeks will probably want to anyway.

    As for watching DVDs while you drive... Well... that problem might just take care of itself (hopefully with minimal collateral damage).

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    Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
  3. Re:slashdotted by All+Names+Have+Been · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdotted? You try running your webserver out of the dash of a 1988 Ford Festiva and see how far you get.

  4. A conversation by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Wow. Your car sure is quiet! What kind of muffler do you have on there? I don't hear anything at all!"

    "I don't have a muffler. I just upgraded, and I couldn't get the sound to compile."

    Don't let friends drive a Bad Ms Win CE!