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LinuxMCE Partners with KDE for New Release (KDE.News)

[Posted August 16, 2007 by cook]

Aaron J. Seigo writes about a collaboration between developers of the LinuxMCE media solution and KDE Plasma. "LinuxMCE uses X.org's window compositing functionality to provide a simple to use fullscreen interface that is blended on top of the media being played. This interface is a key focus of LinuxMCE according to lead developer Paul Webber. "The traditional PC user interface doesn't work well on a TV. So a different interface is needed, which is called the '10 foot' interface (in reference to the fact that people interact with media devices such as televisions from a distance). The '10 foot' interface is still in the same state as the desktop was pre 1983. There is no standardisation and each application has to figure out how to present its functionality to a user.""

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Posted Aug 20, 2007 6:02 UTC (Mon) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link]

Excellent work and vision!

It will be a revolution!...

If it can be made, the LinuxMCM core or server, to work with other DHCPs instead of the build in, and to boot thin stations on virtual machines like KVM or wmware, its applicability for enterprise use will rise up instantly, and along with automatic VPN setup, and connection with other applications servers on a network will make it a true "killer app".