[ale] Good think clients to use for house automation/kids/tv

[jrtroberts]

 From looking at lmce (Linux Media Center Edition) I think that is 
probably the best option.  From what I have seen it the most advanced HA 
software system on the market at a fraction of the price.  That includes 
windows and linux apps.

I will continue to do some research and can post my findings here if 
ALErs are interested.

On 06/25/10 09:25, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Never underestimate the usefullness of being able to bolt the brains 
> to the back of the display.
>
> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcsr/index.html
>
> The cpu is not very powerful but the graphics supports offloaded video 
> decompression.
>
> Plus these:
> http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/mainboards/pico_itx
>
> with tech data here:
> http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/pico-itx/
>
> Be sure to look at devices using the VX700 graphics:
> http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/v-series/vx700/index.jsp
>
> The link at the bottom of the page leads to linux drivers here:
> http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action
>
> however, I'm pretty convinced it's in the mainstream X packaging and 
> kernel now.
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:33 AM, William Fragakis 
> <william at fragakis.com <mailto:william at fragakis.com>> wrote:
>
>     oops, bad link for the msi. That's a dual core. A single core will do
>     just fine. Newegg seems out of them at the moment. Dual cores will
>     do if
>     you need to run the apps locally (on the client not the server)
>     for some
>     reason.
>
>     regards,
>     William
>
>     On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 02:07 -0400, jrtroberts wrote:
>     > I am working with a friend of mine to slowly get his house setup for
>     > home automation.  He is trying to get his house setup as a demo
>     house
>     > for home automation packages, an entrepreneurial business he
>     owns.  He
>     > is not the most tech savvy guy I have ever met, but he has some
>     money
>     > and a strong desire to make this work.  I was hoping that
>     someone at ALE
>     > has had some experience with thin clients and home automation
>     with linux.
>     >
>     > He has two daughters in grade school and would like them to have
>     thin
>     > clients in their rooms.  He would also like to have streaming
>     video to
>     > his TV's and possibly some other thin clients for things such as
>     > security management, lighting control, sprinkler control, and
>     anything
>     > else he can roll into the home automation package.  I am aware
>     that he
>     > may not need thin clients for all of this, but I would still like to
>     > understand my options.
>     >
>     > His primary system is an Ubuntu 9.10x64 desktop system.  Because
>     issues
>     > with the mobo and 10.04 we cannot upgrade until drivers and
>     other issues
>     > are figured out on the linux side.  It is a core2 quad with 8
>     gigs of
>     > ram, 2 gig nics, and plenty of storage capacity.  I am hoping that
>     > setting up roaming user accounts and terminal services is a fairly
>     > straight forward task.  Whether it is or not, I could use some
>     input on
>     > this subject as well.
>     >
>     > The more important issue is pricing or building the thin
>     clients.  Is
>     > there a good company to look into when buying thin clients for
>     this type
>     > of environment.  I am very inexperienced with this type of
>     hardware and
>     > generally inexperienced with linux as whole.  Any help would be
>     greatly
>     > appreciated.
>     >
>     > Thanks for your time.
>     >
>     > Joshua Roberts
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