Re: [BLUG] Virtual Box OSE?

Hey Michael:
Thanks for your offer to help!  I will take you up on that; and I'll also take you up on your advice to post it for everyone to read.  As you'll see, the hurdle I'm having right now is not a difficult one, but I haven't gotten past it yet.  Anyway, will post tonight. . .
Thanks,
Matt

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Michael Schultheiss <schultmc@cinlug.org> wrote:

Matt Zink wrote:
> Hello All:
> Apologies in advance if this is an abuse of this list - just let me
> know if it is and I'll never do it again.  Would anyone be interested
> in helping me figure out Virtual Box OSE for Ubuntu Hardy Heron?  You
> can respond to me off list if you're interested.  I'm sure it's pretty
> simple, but I'm having difficulty.  (Not hard to stump me,
> unfortunately!)

I just gave a presentation on VirtualBox at work and am giving a
presentation on it at CINLUG next week.  I'd be happy to help out and I
think it'd be better to ask your questions on list so more people can
benefit.
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Re: [BLUG] Virtual Box OSE?

Matt Zink wrote:
> Hello All:
> Apologies in advance if this is an abuse of this list - just let me
> know if it is and I'll never do it again. Would anyone be interested
> in helping me figure out Virtual Box OSE for Ubuntu Hardy Heron? You
> can respond to me off list if you're interested. I'm sure it's pretty
> simple, but I'm having difficulty. (Not hard to stump me,
> unfortunately!)

I just gave a presentation on VirtualBox at work and am giving a
presentation on it at CINLUG next week. I'd be happy to help out and I
think it'd be better to ask your questions on list so more people can
benefit.
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[BLUG] Virtual Box OSE?

Hello All:

Apologies in advance if this is an abuse of this list - just let me know if it is and I'll never do it again.  Would anyone be interested in helping me figure out Virtual Box OSE for Ubuntu Hardy Heron?  You can respond to me off list if you're interested.  I'm sure it's pretty simple, but I'm having difficulty.  (Not hard to stump me, unfortunately!)

Thanks all!

Matt

[BLUG] Intrepid Release Party!

In celebration of the release of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), the
Indiana Ubuntu Local Community Team is holding an Intrepid Release Party
(dinner) at the Buca di Beppo in Castleton (6045 E 86th St on the
Northeast side of Indianapolis - behind Castleton Square Mall) on
Saturday, November 1, 2008.

The party is scheduled to start at 6:00 PM. Anyone is welcome to attend
- please RSVP at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianaTeam/IntrepidReleaseParty so we can let
the restaurant know how many people are coming.

Hope to see you there!
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Re: [BLUG] LinuxMCE anyone?

Something interestingt about LinuxMCE is that some of the features were
actually pulled out of a commercial home-automation product. I actually
saw that product first, and read about LinuxMCE later, and it was clear
to me that it has exactly the same feature set.

Here's the commercial product: http://plutohome.com/

Here's the 'History of LinuxMCE' where they say Pluto's product was
(except for DRM) released as open-source and LinuxMCE pulled from it:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/History

The specific hardware requirements are likely to be believed (at least
for best results). This is where using an integration vendor really
comes in handy. People are willing to pay money to have someone else buy
the parts and put them together knowing that it will all "just work".

Yes, it is almost too cool to believe, but it really does what they
advertise (provided the parts are all compatible). Pluto does have some
paying customers (though what they pay is unclear). In fact, at this
point when you click "Get Pluto" on their website, they recommend you
download LinuxMCE to try it out.

Cheers,
Steven Black

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 08:31:25PM -0400, initech wrote:
> Has anyone tried out or have experience using the HTPC distro LinuxMCE? I am
> looking to set up a home theater system once I'm through with grad school in
> December and am starting to investigate. It certainly has all of the features
> I want (cable tv ripping, media streaming, voip phone networking, security
> features, and home automation) but I am leery of committing to it due to all of
> the specific hardware requirements. I am also leery of any Linux distro that
> claims to be this easy to set up knowing that it has to use bunches of
> specialized hardware to realize it's full functionality.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has experience setting it up and
> configuring it.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Dirk
>

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Re: [BLUG] LinuxMCE anyone?

On Sunday 12 October 2008 8:31:25 pm initech wrote:
> Has anyone tried out or have experience using the HTPC distro LinuxMCE? I
> am looking to set up a home theater system once I'm through with grad
> school in December and am starting to investigate. It certainly has all of
> the features I want (cable tv ripping, media streaming, voip phone
> networking, security features, and home automation) but I am leery of
> committing to it due to all of the specific hardware requirements. I am
> also leery of any Linux distro that claims to be this easy to set up
> knowing that it has to use bunches of specialized hardware to realize it's
> full functionality.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has experience setting it up
> and configuring it.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Dirk

When looking at linuxmce you have to realize it's really far more than a htpc
distro. if you just want htpc functions look at myth. but if you want
something to run the entire home then linuxmce is the way to go.

[BLUG] LinuxMCE anyone?

Has anyone tried out or have experience using the HTPC distro LinuxMCE?  I am looking to set up a home theater system once I’m through with grad school in December and am starting to investigate.  It certainly has all of the features I want (cable tv ripping, media streaming, voip phone networking, security features, and home automation) but I am leery of committing to it due to all of the specific hardware requirements.  I am also leery of any Linux distro that claims to be this easy to set up knowing that it has to use bunches of specialized hardware to realize it’s full functionality.

 

I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has experience setting it up and configuring it.

 

Thanks.

 

Dirk