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Pluto: Linux-based Do-everything System

tazzzzz writes "Ever wanted an easy-to-configure, whole-house, internet-accessible, Linux-based VOIP PBX with video, PVR, firewall/router, security system, MP3 player, file server, personal web server, home automation (lights, thermostat) controller? I just came across the Pluto which claims to do all of this (and more, of course!). It'll set you back $15,000 if you're living in a small bachelor pad, but you didn't need that car anyway, did you?"

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  1. Here we go again. by MikeXpop · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ever wanted an easy-to-configure, whole-house, internet-accessible, Linux-based VOIP PBX with video, PVR, firewall/router, security system, MP3 player, file server, personal web server, home automation (lights, thermostat) controller?
    Hey, computer? Turn up the heat and tape Miami Vice for me.

    "I'm afraid I can't do that David"

    But my name's Mike. Hey, where'd Poole go?
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  2. Yes, but... by Comatose51 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but does it run Linu...

    Oh, wait.

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  3. Hmm by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 4, Funny
    you didn't need that car anyway, did you?

    Not if Pluto comes with four wheels and a V8 engine.

  4. yes.. by relrelrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Ever wanted an easy-to-configure, whole-house, internet-accessible, Linux-based VOIP PBX with video, PVR, firewall/router, security system, MP3 player, file server, personal web server, home automation (lights, thermostat) controller?"

    Yes, it's called Windows XP :)

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  5. Hmm by sparklingfruit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ever wanted an easy-to-configure, whole-house, internet-accessible, Linux-based VOIP PBX with video, PVR, firewall/router, security system, MP3 player, file server, personal web server, home automation (lights, thermostat) controller?

    No.


    Not for $15,000 anyway.

  6. So the question is... by Valar · · Score: 4, Funny

    when the site gets /.ed, do their lights turn off? Maybe it calls their upstream provider and asks for more bandwidth, automatically?

  7. Re:Security issues? by Geek+of+Tech · · Score: 4, Funny
    Me sees it now... box gets rooted while I'm away from home...

    Me: (arriving home from some LAN party) Pluto, open the Garage door.

    Pluto: I'm afraid I can't to that, Dave.

    Me: Dave? OPEN the GARAGE DOOR PLUTO.

    I'm afraid that this conversation can serve no purpose. Goodbye. (At that moment, Pluto connects to the computer in my car and drives me somewhere to somewhere near Texas...

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