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Linux Based CarPC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-do dept.

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."

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  1. I can't wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. No way! by pmdata · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Segfault... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    1. Re:Segfault... by PsychicX · · Score: 3, Funny

      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!

  4. Re:Too much work by Spacejock · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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    Hal Spacejock: Science Fiction with Nuts
  5. Cool but by $0.02 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run on Diesel?

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    If enithin kan gow rong it whil. (Murfey)
  6. DON'T CLICK THE LINK by meeotch · · Score: 5, Funny

    If his server crashes, he could be killed!

  7. Re:Too much work by Spacejock · · Score: 3, Funny

    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

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    Hal Spacejock: Science Fiction with Nuts