[NBLUG/talk] Streaming Web Sites under Linux

[gandalf at sonic.net]

Hehe, reminds me of when I 'fixed' my great aunts computer. Hadn't worked right since she vacuumed. 

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 On Thu 18/03/10  1:20 PM , Troy Arnold troy at zenux.net sent:
> >  On Thu 18/03/10 11:42 AM , Barry Stump barry.s
> tump at gmail.com sent:> > I just use a Roku box for streaming
> Netflix.  No computer required,> > and the thing only draws 5
> watts.> > 
> > > http://www.roku.com/roku-products> > It's a little embedded linux system, though
> you can't access the> > internals, as far as I can tell.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:11:20PM -0700, gandalf at son
> ic.net wrote:> I'm not really sold on those. I don't see that
> they can do anything but> their pre-programmed "stations". A
> cheap used laptop can handle anything> on the web. We mostly watch Hulu, Youtube TV,
> the channel streams> themselves and Netflix. It's somewhat better if
> you have a dedicated> laptop, but I generally use my laptop in the
> bedroom and can watch many> shows while checking my email, reading manga or
> otherwise poking around. 
> 
> For < $100 those little roku boxes are pretty neat. They're small,
> quietand efficient and they'll stream netflix, which you can't do on your
> ownunder Linux.  And I can send one to my mom 4,000 miles away and she can
> setit up on her own.  That's no mean feat.  I once "fixed" my mom's
> Internetby swapping an ethernet cable for the single pair-phone cable she had
> beenusing.
> 
> -t
> 
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