[ale] Scammers, Security, Zigbee and Linux. - PlutuHome?

[Dr. Brian J. Dowd]

The LinuxMCE project uses PlutoHome code and is Open Source. Runs on Linux.
YMMV as I have installed but not really stressed the MCE software.
The one built on Ubuntu 7.10 comes out within the next month.
-B
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Daniel Howard wrote:
>> I made sure the techs saw the cameras all around the outside my house 
>> and told them, "smile, you're on the Internet," and so far, knock on 
>> wood, no problems.
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> I tend to let such visitors know I work at home (I really do) and that 
> I'm usually armed (mostly for raccoons and squirrels though, a .38 and 
> .22 with shot, but the .45 is never far away).
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> Having a nearly unapproachable house (on a 30-45 degree hill) except 
> for the driveway and its motion alarms means they have to cross the 
> beams, unless they do some serious boondocking (rappel down from the 
> cliffs behind the house) or rock climbing.
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> I usually meet/greet visitors as they start walking up the driveway
> from my deck, and if they are brave enough to drive up the driveway,
> it freaks them out when I greet them from over their heads (the deck 
> is 20+ feet in the air). Spooks most people out.
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> The real question:
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>    Anyone have any experience with PlutoHome or any other
>    way of interfacing to such devices besides X-10 such as Zigbee with 
> Linux?
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>    Googling seems to find a lot of press releases, little information.
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