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Build Your Own Linux Home Theater PC

Posted by Zonk on from the we-have-the-technology dept.

Vic writes "If you have ever dreamed of building a home theatre PC, Extremetech has details on building a Linux-based system, and covers all the details of this epic journey. They did get the unit to run lots of features such as CDs, video, TV, weather, media libraries, guide viewing and show recording." From the article: "To paraphrase one forum quote seen during the research phase of this piece: 'Buy the beer first, this ain't gonna be easy.' But there is some good news here too. Getting a Linux-based HTPC has probably never been easier, though that is admittedly damning with faint praise. So here then is the tale of our ongoing adventure toward building a Linux-based HTPC."

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  1. 'Buy the beer first, this ain't gonna be easy.' by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, I thought that when it came to the GPL and FOSS that beer was supposed to be free. Where'd I go wrong?

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  2. Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan by hobbesx · · Score: 5, Funny
    From Linux Journal:


    Windows: Where do you want to go today?

    MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow?

    Linux: Are you coming or what?

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  3. Re:Hey, that should be the new OSS slogan by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux: Are you coming or what?

    More like:

    Linux: Hey, are you going to eat that?

  4. Building it is the easy part... by machinegunhand · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just wait until you try finding something decent to watch.

  5. "Buy the beer first...", famous last words by jfb3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't they know that the difference between "Wouldn't it be cool if..." and a Darwin award is a couple of six-packs.