VortexBox is a brilliant idea. I don't fully understand it, but unless I'm mistaken it's totally headless. I'd be packaging a VNC-style app (or just having easy process to set up a VNC client), and running a head on the Linux, VortexBox branded of course! I just think this will increase the market - I like the idea of the system but a turn off was that *if* anything goes wrong, I don't have the .nix ghoulies to sort it out from a command line. I'm young enough and thick enough to feel like a desktop *IS* the OS.
Of course - that could be a configurable option as a previous poster mentioned. Obviously I'm just a punter - I'm sure your approach has VERY good reasons and no-one likes a punter with ideas they think are great. And I might sound like a bit of a knob, but would you consider making it LOOK better. Form factor is a big deal for a device that could likely end up in the prosumer living room. Nowaday's it's a black box. This is not wife/girlfriend/partner friendly. Like others I don't speak from the perspective of a potential customer. I was a potential customer but I finally got scared by headless because I wanted to use it also as a basic fileserver. I hope that helps and is a window into your potential market. I also know that advice like mine is frustrating to developers since you chose what you chose for the best reasons - maybe I am just not meant to be your market! -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay" 'dingostrat...@last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/DingoStrategy/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65338 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
