On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:12:50 +1300 Andrew Errington wrote: > > > > All of those kewl things above are not unique to linux. > > Yes, but it's nice to be able to do stuff without helpful dialog boxes > popping up on the screen when unattended (such as "It's been 30 days and > you still haven't registered Windows XP").
at which time it stops working IIRC :( yes exactly, I wasn't sure whether Don was proposing to demo stuff that ONLY linux could do (probably not a lot of an openly demonstrable nature), or that linux could do better ( we would say most things, but hard to show in a demo), or whether the aim was simply to show that linux could do kewl things just like windows can. > > Another thing on my list is an active picture frame - basically an old > laptop in a picture frame, showing photos pulled from the (Linux) home > server. I think you can buy them, not sure of the price differential between an old laptop and a consumer grade active picture frame. screen brightness could be an issue, depending on the light levels in your home (mine has acres of windows and is very light so I wouldn't bother with that particular project. ) > > Andy -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
