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pycage 2009-10-21 13:04
Re: Unbuntu growing, linux declining
 
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Originally Posted by TA-t3 (Post 353813)
And I doubt many Panasonic flat-screen owners realize they're Linux users. Maybe they'll be able to stumble over that remote-control option which shows the GPL license, if they're lucky. There are other TV vendors using Linux too. I wouldn't be surprised if the vast majority turn out to do so.
I found the GPL on my plasma TV on the first day. It was a pleasant surprise. :)

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Originally Posted by TA-t3 (Post 353813)
BTW, one of these days I'm going to try to put and SD card formatted as ext2 into a Panasonic TV (the one for slideshows), to see if it recognizes it. Their kernel is compiled with CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y :)
Interesting idea. Next, try to boot from SD card. ;)

luca 2009-10-21 13:13
Re: Unbuntu growing, linux declining
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pycage (Post 353853)
I found the GPL on my plasma TV on the first day. It was a pleasant surprise. :)
Not completely, since they try to lock it down as much as possible (it's hard to justify a difference of hundreds of dollars between models when the real difference is not even a different firmware but just a setting in the firmware).
Still, some interesting things can be done.

tso 2009-10-21 13:19
Re: Unbuntu growing, linux declining
 
its not that fun finding a pip button on the remote, only to discover that the model tv it was bundled with do not have the feature...

speculatrix 2009-10-22 10:35
Re: Unbuntu growing, linux declining
 
Panasonic have been a long-time user of linux. I recall seeing the in-flight VOD system reboot when I was last travelling with United Airlines and the penguin logo came up, it looked like a modified debian with 2.4 kernel.

Most people don't realise their TomTom devices are linux either.


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