Jon Carnes recently asked about astlinux which seems to be a distro targetted at implementing asterisk on appliance style hardware.
At the other end of the spectrum, have any luggers looked at the plutohome project http://plutohome.org/ This looks like a distro which claims to implement multiple "smart home" services and apps in a distributed network architecture. It looks like it's in the same market as high-end home systems integration suppliers like Crestron etc. Besides telephony (based on asterisk), they also do media center like stuff, security, and home automation, all based on FOSS. The architecture comprises a "core" server, one or more "media directors" (think of set-top boxes), and remote control devices called "orbiters." I beleive that the core server can also function as a media director. The orbiters can be implemented on laptops, or webpads. They also claim to have mini-orbiters for Linux/WinCE pdas, and even control via bluetooth phones. Seems like a pretty impressive portfolio. Does anyone have any experience? -- Rick DeNatale Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
