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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:00AM from the everyone-needs-a-rack-mountable-pvr dept.

aotea_Joe writes "OpenMedia is putting together a mad crazy Linux based home media pc. It's DVB-T and HDTV capable, network ready (streaming, control, sharing). Has all the standard PVR features (real time pause, scheduling, listings etc). Plus you own the hardware, get support and get updates/maintenance. Is it too good to be true?"

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Re:money (Score:2, Funny)

by elrous0 ( 869638 ) * writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:05AM (#15203942)

Does the mythtv people get anything out of this?
Yeah, a hearty "Thanks for doing our work for free, suckers!"
-Eric

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ChavDot: News fo Chavs, stuff dat be madder. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:07AM (#15203951)

OpenMedia is putting together a mad crazy Linux based home media pc.
Is it the mad crazy super duper bomb diggity, for shizzle?

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Let me guess (Score:3, Funny)

by edwardpickman ( 965122 ) writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:12AM (#15203978)

They are using one as a server while they watch a movie?

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Re:ChavDot: News fo Chavs, stuff dat be madder. (Score:5, Funny)

by elrous0 ( 869638 ) * writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:13AM (#15203986)

Speaking as a time-traveller representing the people of the 1980's, my people would like to respond with an official "WORD!"
-Eric

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Re:Just SAY NO! to the USA? (Score:5, Funny)

by mwvdlee ( 775178 ) writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:21AM (#15204039) Homepage

Like Californians.

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Re:ChavDot: News fo Chavs, stuff dat be madder. (Score:5, Funny)

by Rob T Firefly ( 844560 ) writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:26AM (#15204072) Homepage Journal

Would this be a "word" to my mother, or more of a simple "word up?"

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Re:ChavDot: News fo Chavs, stuff dat be madder. (Score:3, Funny)

by spikeb ( 966663 ) writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @09:43AM (#15204169)

word to your mother, vanilla ice style

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Re:ChavDot: News fo Chavs, stuff dat be madder. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @10:37AM (#15204520)

Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious

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Re:ChavDot: News fo Chavs, stuff dat be madder. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @11:10AM (#15204841)

Speaking as a time-traveller representing the people of the 1980's, my people would like to respond with an official "WORD!"

Would this be a "word" to my mother, or more of a simple "word up?"

MS Word!

-Clippy

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Re:mythtv is still alittle too arcane.... (Score:5, Funny)

by elrous0 ( 869638 ) * writes: on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @11:42AM (#15205085)

Just install Xebian then use apt-get to install MythTV.
It's sentences like that which keep Linux in general, and MythTV in particular, relegated to geek obscurity. ;-)
-Eric

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Re:money (Score:2, Funny)

by robthebob ( 742982 ) writes: <{rn114} {at} {york.ac.uk}> on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @11:52AM (#15205169) Journal

Um, America != World...

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