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General => Users => Topic started by: emdoubleyou on August 02, 2008, 12:52:39 am
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I'm so excited to have found this site. I stumbled across Linux MCE while browsing ebay, of all places, LOL. This system kinda reminds me of a Car Computer I assembled for my Lexus SC400 several years back. I can't wait to start working on my system. It sounds like I can make it emulate an HAI system. I was looking at that and the prices they wanted for the system, and was hoping to find something a little more economical. This definitely looks like something I could do myself. I hope to be posting here in the future when I get a little bit of time off from work and have time to actually do some of these upgrades. Has anyone mounted a touchscreen interface into the wall or anything for a command center type interface? That would be an awesome setup if so. I wonder if one could put multiple touchscreens around the house (like one in the kitchen for recipes and etc). I'm sure one could make it do whatever he/she wanted to make it do. Maybe I should brush up on my C. LOL. Definitely exciting. I wish the forum were structured a little better to make the information more accessible, like in categories. Like MP3car.com forums are structured. I look forward to discussing all of this later.
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Hi Emdoubleyou,
Hope you have fun. For your initial research, it might be better to start at the Wiki rather than the forum;
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Main_Page
Maybe the user manual and Hardware guides are good starting places...;
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/User_Manual
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hardware
There are plenty of options for controlling your home. Take a look at the Orbiters section http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Orbiters (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Orbiters). There are plenty of tested devices such as web pads, mobile phones etc. I use a Nokia n810 via Wifi which works well http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Category:Orbiters (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Category:Orbiters). Keep in mind these operate with the UI1 interface.
Cheers,
WR
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Cool. I'm definitely looking into it when I get home. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I've been looking through the wiki and it seems pretty comprehensive. I know where I'll be spending my free time. LOL.
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Not just your free time - time when you should be working as well ;)