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From: Sven Luther<sven.luther@w...>
Date: Tue Mar 9 06:51:32 CET 2004
Subject: [openppc] low cost ppc stb4linux
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 05:36:48PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote:
> bright.communication@f... wrote:
>
> >we work on stb4linux ( set top box for linux ) , as basis for our design
> >we select ppc750xx with marvell 6436x as system controller, sigma design
> >8510 chip for mpeg decoding and ATSC/NTSC/PAL TV Reciver
>
> NTSC? That's being phased out... Without HD support, you're going to be
> obsolete by the time you hit the market...
>
> >our goal is to design silent STB with Linux as operating system ( for work
> >with Linux ) and PVR / DVD-player/recorder with DVI/Analog Interface
> >and usb/firewire/SD/CP and any other card system.
> >
> >
> HAVE MERCY ON YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!! =(
>
> I'm writing this on linux which I have been struggeling to maintain for
> the last three years. I spend about 6 hours per week just keeping it in
> working order.
>
> Linux gives nothing but pain and anguish to anyone who is not
> comfortable with a command line C compiler... It _STILL_ has gross
> deficiencies in terms of basic usability and performance to Windows 3.11
> and it's multimedia support still lags far behind even Windows 95.
You must have been using some year old slackware distrib, or something
such. Please step back into reality before making such absurd claims.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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