Linux Based CarPC

Uber-Review writes "If you have been looking for a Linux based car PC. One man has made this a reality and documented putting together a Linux based car PC. Some of the features of this on board car PC is it can automatically sniff and record locations of wireless access points and plot them with GPS. You can watch a movie, browse the internet, get weather forecasts and stream Direct TV from your house right to your car. For an added bonus, you can remote start the car, and connect to it from inside the house and use SSH in, and transfer files without even getting off the couch."

Comments

I can't wait

[Anonymous Coward]

For the first remote exploit that makes your car drive off the road.

No way!

[pmdata]

I love it and I'm not sure why. I can barely drive, talk on my cell and check my Blackberry email without driving into the river. Now I have to try and not surf the web? Not a good idea.

Segfault...

[__aaclcg7560]

Sorry, officer, I ran the red-light because my CD player segfaulted at the same time I was pressing on the brakes. :P

Re:Segfault...

[PsychicX]

EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA

Slashdot population drops drastically after the widespread emergence of Linux based cars. The unbelievable number of fatal crashes has been attributed not to technical failure, but because the driver was too busy watching a movie, listening to music, compiling his latest modifications to the linux kernel, SSHing to a remote server, forwarding X from another remote server, FTPing to his webspace, and writing in his blog to remember that he needed to

DRIVE!

Re:Segfault...

[NanoGator]

In other news, the real estate bubble finally burst when a flood of basements suddenly became available for rent.

Re:Too much work

[Spacejock]

I'd install Gentoo on my car, but it doesn't sit in the garage for more than 10 hours at a time so the compiling would never get done.

Cool but

[$0.02]

Does it run on Diesel?

Scary.

[BitwizeGHC]

I worry enough about people using replay attacks by recording the signal from my remote-unlock keychain; the last thing I need is a car that can be started remotely via ssh.q

just something about it...

[v1]

SSH'ing to your car... there's just something about it that makes me want to try it...

"Man, my car crashed." "What'd you do?" "I rebooted it of course."

DON'T CLICK THE LINK

[meeotch]

If his server crashes, he could be killed!

Re:OK, this might work

[uncle_riley]

And we all know SSH is IMPOSSIBLE to penetrate, right?

kinda like the drivers side window?

Hurray For Procrasinators

[hode]

Procrastinators everywhere rejoice! Now you can compile your homework on the way to school.

Re:Too much work

[Spacejock]

Judging from the number of tricked-out cars on the road, plenty of enthusiasts already discovered how to apply cflags to their vehicles:

USE="big_fat_exhaust massive_spoiler neon_underbody_light bloody_bright_headlights furry_dice performance_cams side_skirts air_dam"

emerge -Dpuv ricer

What I would like to see

[serutan]

you can remote start the car, and connect to it from inside the house

Now that my car has turned 21, I want the ability to send it to the store to get beer.

Re:Divided Attention

[Vellmont]

Please tell me where you live and work so I can stay as FAR away from those places as possible.

Re:You have a point.

[YetAnotherLogin]

I think about the only killer app in a car would be ...

I don't know about you, but the last thing I want in my car is a killer app!!

Re:Killer app? (Re:You have a point.)

[oldwolf13]

I have no idea what you're talking about... all rambling on and such...

but if you can nail her dude... go for it. :)