Colin Guthrie wrote: > OK so this is just me thinking out loud now. > > Has anyone priced up how cheap they could make a pulse server? > > I'm thinking: > > * Small mobo with not very powerful CPU. > * Sound output (obviously) > * Small amount of ram > * Ethernet (wired and/or wireless) > * Onboard flash or PXE capable boot > > With the above it would be possible to tailor a small linux install to > boot and run pulse and have it publish itself to your network with > zeroconf-publish and tunnel-sink. > > Has anyone done any research on this? What's the cheapest possible way > of doing it. Anyone manage to rip out cheap consumer electronics gear > and slap their own linux kernel + pulse on it? Was just thinking about this again after reading a post about an HD-DVD player that is apparently running RHEL.... http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/05/05/77332.aspx Seeing as these are now obsolete you can probably pick one up on ebay for not too much... e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-A1-Player-HD-DVD-Player_W0QQitemZ250217985294QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3316QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I don't think it will be too easy to hack, but perhaps for the brave :) Col
