Tech News: The Open Source Xmas Gift Guide
How To Build A PC, Part 3: Putting It All Together
Final assembly is usually the least time-consuming part of a build. Component selection may require days of consideration, and finding the “best” seller can take up the better part of a day, but plugging connectors and inserting screws shouldn’t take more than a couple hours, even for the most inexperienced builder.
by Thomas Soderstrom.
Part 1: Component Selection Overview
Part 2: Choosing the Right Vendor
Color e-paper trials begin on Tokyo trains
Each cutting-edge display has an 8MB memory that can hold 37 advertisements
by Martyn Williams
MythDora — MythTV 0.2 In a Box
“MythDora 3 is the first MythTV ‘in-a-box’ style distribution to include MythTV 0.20. Based on Fedora Core 5, MythDora 3 is designed to format your hard drive then install everything needed for a fully functional MythTV System. Here is a walkthrough of the entire MythDora installation process, including screenshots and a screencast.”
from slashdot.
Wireless devices to work Europe-wide
EC harmonizes radio frequency bands across the EU to spur use of a range of wireless devices
by Paul Meller.
Make this an open source Christmas
So here’s the deal. Build a Linux box out of obsolete parts. Wipe the hard drive and install some simple open source components †a LAMP stack, Open Office, Firefox.
Now find an institution that lacks computing power †a soup kitchen, a church, a one-room school †and get it in there. Work to add some form of Internet connectivity, an 802.11 system if it’s available, or funding for a wired broadband connection (and 802.11 everywhere else). I’m sure your local United Way will know where you can find such places.
by Dana Blankenhorn.