Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Steve
It would need a DVD drive first. However you could rip the DVD to something else and then store it on a thumbdrive / SD or NAS and play it from there. I've been ripping all of my movies to my NAS and it's been working great. I tried a eeePC for a few days before Christmas to see if I really wanted

Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Kenneth Burgener
Jon Gale wrote: > The Asus EeePC is the coolest little device I have played with in years. I > haven't had much time for hacking/tinkering, but so far I'm very impressed. Can you play a DVD on the EeePC? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/o

Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Doran L. Barton
Not long ago, Jon Gale proclaimed... > My wife is officially on linux...all it took was a pretty pink form factor! > > http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2139097314/ Cute. And the laptop looks good too. ;-) My dad got a new HP Pavilion laptop - his first laptop. This makes THREE computer

Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Jon Gale
On Dec 26, 2007 12:34 PM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyways time to spill the beans, did you get or give Linux for Christmas? > My wife is officially on linux...all it took was a pretty pink form factor! http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2139097314/ The Asus EeePC is the coo

Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Joel Finlinson
On 12/26/07, Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 26, 2007 12:34 PM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > It's now the day after Christmas and it's time reminisce about > > presents we gave and/or received. > > I gave myself a lot of X10 modules for monitoring various things

Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Chad
On Dec 26, 2007 12:34 PM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > It's now the day after Christmas and it's time reminisce about > presents we gave and/or received. I gave myself a lot of X10 modules for monitoring various things around my home with MisterHouse. I setup my mom's house w

Re: I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Chad
> Which brings me to question about Linux in general, why is the 2.4 > Kernel so widely used for embedded devices? > Anyways time to spill the beans, did you get or give Linux for Christmas? > > Sincerely, > Steve Someone with authority on the topic might give a better response, but I've been rese

I got/gave Linux for Xmas?

2007-12-26 Thread Steve
Hi Everyone, It's now the day after Christmas and it's time reminisce about presents we gave and/or received. In my case I gave several refurbished computers running edubuntu, and recieved a D-Link DSM-520 media extender running some kind of linux or another. Which brings me to question about Linux