Recently a collegue found a nice product: Linux MCE. This is an Ubuntu Linux based MediaCenter. In a „big“ installation you have a server to which your media devices (TV, VCR, DVD, …) can connect and show/share the media content. You can control the system with your bluetooth mobile or a gyro mouse … up to the scene that the running movie is following you (your mobiles BT signal) from room to room in your house …
So here some nice links:
- LinuxMCE homepage: http://www.LinuxMCE.com
- a video about the building of LinuxMCE: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829&hl=en
- a video comparing LinuxMCE with WindowsMCE: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-4422887272477313460&hl=en
- the German wiki: http://www.linux-mce.de/
- with a nice overview: http://www.linux-mce.de/ueberblick_gewinnen
- a german „test“ article: http://www.netzwelt.de/news/75363-freeware-der-woche-linuxmce.html
- and another (German) blog entry with nice comments: http://www.informatik-student.de/2007/03/24/linuxmce-der-linux-media-center-pc/