Personal Computing: Difference between revisions

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Personal Computing

The KDE desktop (Kubuntu) can be accessed on a Media Director by:

A button on the Orbiter menu can be used to bring up the KDE desktop.

Every LinuxMCE Media Director has a full OS built-in. Today's high-def TVs make great monitors.

OpenOffice can be used on a Media Director.

LinuxMCE's screen saver can turn Televisions off (when there's no activity) and back on automatically.
Firefox is available to browse web pages on Media Directors from the on-screen Orbiter.
Web pages can be browsed on other Orbiters, as well.

LinuxMCE automatically creates a network share for each family member so you can put all your regular computer files there, too.

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+* The KDE desktop (Kubuntu) can be accessed on a Media Director by:
+:*A button on the Orbiter menu can be used to bring up the KDE desktop.
-* Have LinuxMCE's screen saver turn my regular TV off when there's no activity and back on automatically, like a PC monitor with power save
+*Every LinuxMCE Media Director has a full OS built-in. Today's high-def TVs make great monitors.
-* Browse web pages on the media directors
+:* OpenOffice can be used on a Media Director.
-* Browse web pages on the orbiters
+* LinuxMCE's screen saver can turn Televisions off (when there's no activity) and back on automatically.
-* Use open office on the media directors
+* Firefox is available to browse web pages on Media Directors from the on-screen Orbiter.
-* Access a KDE/Gnome desktop on the media directors
+* Web pages can be browsed on other Orbiters, as well.
-* Every LinuxMCE Media Director has a full computer built-in, and comes with a wireless keyboard & mouse so you can run all your favorite software. Today's high-def TVs are actually great for computing because of the fantastic picture quality. So, if you want to check the weather or the latest news, just hit a button on your mobile phone and the page will show up on the TV.
-* If you are a PC power user, imagine having a server running multi Intel Xeon processors and a 10 terabyte (10,000 GB) RAID 5 array. Plus, each Media Director incorporates a high-powered PC inside with the latest hardware, such as a 200GB hard drive, up to an Intel Pentium 4 at 3.06Ghz Processor with 2 GB RAM. And you just press 1 button to switch between Linux and Windows. The Media Director also has video outputs for computer monitors, such as VGA and DVI, and the latest audio/video sub-system for use as a high-end gaming platform.
+* LinuxMCE automatically creates a network share for each family member so you can put all your regular computer files there, too.
-* When you have multiple homes with LinuxMCE systems, they can all be joined as one. Every LinuxMCE Core will automatically create a VPN (virtual private network) connection to the others. It's completely safe and fully encrypted. The benefit is that you can go from one house to another and know that you will still have access to all your files no matter where you are without the hassle of copying them.
-* LinuxMCE automatically creates a network share for each family member so you can put all your normal computer files there, too.  You can access any of your files anytime, anywhere - LinuxMCE automatically creates a password-protected personal web page for each family member.