Here are some links to cheap STB type pc devices and interesting writeups. http://www.ewayco.com/
http://www.ewayco.com/100-low-cost-pc-products-low-cost-systems-embedded-systems-servers-lcd-pc-panel-pc.html http://www.greenhughes.com/content/it-time-ubuntu-set-top-box-remix http://www.pcworld.com/article/50167/ibm_picks_linux_for_settop_boxes.html http://blogs.computerworld.com/15778/google_and_linux_are_coming_to_your_tv Some tv box desktop images below. http://deviceguru.com/boxee-vs-zinc-vs-hulu/ There is a lot happening in media centric STBs running on Linux. What the Govt. can do is take a nice universal box and develop custom embedded India centric linux desktop software for the masses. If it boots locally then it is not tied to any ISP. -- As a proper list etiquette... Please trim your replies. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
