Can you recommend a board with a GPU that has acceleration with an opensource driver. The current state of opensource ARM seems a bit basic http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQ3MTM . Even intels minowboard uses one of the powervr GPUs that tainted half the netbooks back in the day.

The old CPU is a shame, but its been fast enough for me so far. For my MPD server I replaced a Beagleboard with RaspberryPI, which is plenty fast for streaming playing FLACs and MP3s.

> 2. its encumbered, so enjoy one more $45 product that kicks FLOSS to the curb.. Beaglebone isnt encumbered...but beagleboard isnt the word for god on the lips and hearts of every blogosphere hipster.

The beagleboard uses PowerVR GPU, which requires a closed driver for acceleration.

I've had no trouble with network. I'm using NFS and ssh to move files andstream audio. (but i assume those protocols are robust against the odd dropped packet)

If it were possible for the an open system to implement the standard, then it could save the decrypted data to disk instead of displaying it. More likely it will be impossible for an open browser to implement it even if it wanted to.

I think its the end for being able to view a lot of content on open source systems. If the DRM module is decrypting it and passing it to the browsers rendering engine, then an opensource browser could capture it defeating the whole point. So the modules will want a method to pass the decrypted content straight to the screen (HDCP), or having guarantees from the browser and OS that saving and screen capturing are disabled.

If every nuclear story needs 'meltdown' in the title, I propose every natural gas story gets 'explode'. This will help remind us of the thousands of people blown up in oil and gas accidents.

Natural gas, the explosive financial opportunity.

I used a GPB paypal account to pledge to the USD ubuntu edge indiegogo, and was refunded the exact amount in GBP that i pledged. no fee was taken.

its the only version that get security updates.

Even with massive efficiency improvements we need to at least double electricity production, as we need to electrify transport and heating in order to stop emitting CO2. ( And that's from an environment group http://zerocarbonbritain.com/ )

The USA may have a low enough population density for renewables to work, but not europe or the far east. Don't be fooled by the 'will provide electricity for N homes', as household electricity is just a fraction of the problem.

1 privately owned company should have an exclusive monopoly on how crowdfunding should work, what the fees should be, how payments are made and what projects are suitable. Any project that dares uses a different crowdfunding site should be ridiculed for being different.

The current synfig (2d vector animation software) crowdfunder has an option to influence development direction.