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Lite Linux Distros for a Digital Picture Frame?

Posted by Cliff on from the all-in-one-solution-for-embedded-home-projects dept.

bwy asks: "I'm building a digital picture frame, inspired by a story here at Slashdot. Currently, I'm using Red Hat 9 with GDM autologin, icewm, and a slideshow program autostarting. I've installed code to hide the mouse pointer and the 'powerswitch' kernel module to allow the frame to run a proper shutdown (instead of a suspend) when the ATX power switch is pressed. The hardware is an EPIA 5000 with a laptop drive. I think this is overkill, however, and I am a purist. Is there a lightweight distribution that is EPIA friendly? Such a distro shouldn't install GCC, so I'll need all the software as binaries. How would I go about booting from a ramdisk? This would make the 'powerwitch' kernel mod not so important since there is no worry of corrupting the file system." Does anyone have distribution suggestions, or pointers to other information that might be helpful for such a project?

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  1. This is funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Building a picture frame out of a computer more powerful that the early supercomputers.

    Next we should make an WiFi enabled toothbrush that can run SETI@Home when idle.