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> <channel><title>gHacks Technology News &#124; Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials &#187; geexbox</title> <atom:link href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/geexbox/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.ghacks.net</link> <description>A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:53:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Geexbox Linux Distribution to play multimedia</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/13/geexbox-linux-distribution-to-play-multimedia/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/13/geexbox-linux-distribution-to-play-multimedia/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:38:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geexbox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media-player]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multimedia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/13/geexbox-linux-distribution-to-play-multimedia/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I'm currently still using my old Microsoft Xbox as my media center and it's working fine so far but I do have thoughts about the future. The Xbox will not last forever and the new Xbox 360 cannot be modified to do the same yet. One alternative that I investigated was building a computer for this purpose and I'm almost sure that I would use the Geexbox Linux distribution as the operating system.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently still using my old Microsoft Xbox as my media center and it&#8217;s working fine so far but I do have thoughts about the future. The Xbox will not last forever and the new Xbox 360 cannot be modified to do the same yet. One alternative that I investigated was building a computer for this purpose and I&#8217;m almost sure that I would use the Geexbox Linux distribution as the operating system.</p><p>The distribution has a size of 8.9 Megabytes and comes with an unbelievable amount of features. It is a self-bootable Linux distribution based on the excellent Mplayer which assures that it can play (almost) any file that you throw at it. It plays MPEG 1/2/4, Real Media, Windows Media, Ogg and Matroska and audio and network streams.</p><p>The multimedia files can be loaded and played from various sources such as CD, DVD, HDD, LAN or even Internet. It&#8217;s all there, it&#8217;s tiny and booting really fast. It should not have problems with most hardware setups. The requirements are 64 Megabytes of RAM, a Pentium class cpu (400+ Mhz recommended) or a Mac G3+ (G4+ recommended), an an ALSA compatible sound card, a VESA 2.0 compliant graphics card and a CD or DVD drive.</p><p><span
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src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/geexbox2.jpeg' alt='geexbox' /></p><p>You can download a prebuild ISO image, sources or Debian repositories from the developers website. There is also a list of supported hardware available which is great if you run into troubles or want to build a computer that can run the Linux distribution.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/13/geexbox-linux-distribution-to-play-multimedia/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
