Aspire Acer Revo + Ubuntu + Boxee
I’ve received an Aspire Acer Revo on Friday and have spent a few hour s so far this weekend installing:
- Ubuntu
- Boxee
Thanks to Liam Green-Hughes fantastic guide, it’s been relatively painless. I didn’t need to do the crazy-assed graphix driver installaiton either – I just used EnvyNG to get and install the correct Nvidia drivers.
I now have it all up and running and playing music and video from my NAS. My next task is to interface a standard Sky remote control via LiRC and a Nintendo Wii remote via bluetooth. I can then start building apps on top of the XUL based interface provided by Boxee.
If anyone has any ideas of apps that would be appropriate for a TV based device (either in the home or in an office environment) or any interesting ways in which gestures from a Wii remote could be interpreted, please let me know.
Dude!
I’ve got three Aspire Acer Revos!
One is the new one that I’ve got set up as our PVR. I bought a usb dual tuner and Windows 7 Media Centre is sweeeet.
I’ve bought two more of the lower spec ones for the girls. I’m installing XP on them because they need them to be the same as the computers they use at school.
Which one have you got?
Lee
three? and I thought I was a Revo fanboy.
Mine is running Ubuntu and is mostly used for Spotify and Boxee. I’m hoping to get a wireless keyboard so the kids can play the games on the CBeeBies website. I also need to get a half decent webcam so we can use it for Skype too.
I’ve been tempted to learn Python so I can make a custom Boxee skin.