Linux Finally Getting XBMC

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @12:51AM from the can't-live-without-it dept.

B47h0ry'5 CuR53 writes "XBMC is getting ported to Linux. A few developers of Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux using OpenGL and the SDL toolkit. In this effort, they are recruiting developers. XBMC is, by far, one of the finest projects to come out of the open source community; and to think it is homebrew. XBMC is a massive project, with the current SVN branch weighing about 350M before compilation. Porting it will be a big effort and any hackers willing to contribute should check out the Linux port project."

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Re:What is XBMC? by iamacat · 2007-05-30 04:43 · Score: 0, Flamebait

HDMI connector (not just some proprietary one)

You can not write an OpenGL program for PS3 without Sony's approval. You can not design an HDMI device for PS3 that does anything but direct display of received video. You can not install drivers for your USB devices or store content on attached SATA hard drives without Sony's approval. I am not sure how does this relate to open standards except using some of the same buzzwords as open products.