LinuxMCE media coverage

This is where we archive press and blog coverage of LinuxMCE.

DRM troubles drive ex-Microsoft employee to Linux

CNET News.com, 26 September 2007

A security expert who once worked for Microsoft has said he may dump the company's Windows Media Center in favor of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with the software giant's digital-rights management software.
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My Favorite Open Source Business Models

Matt Hartley, Intranet Journal, 4 September 2007

...Having used DVRs from both my local cable provider and that of the two satellite companies here in the U.S., to say that there is a market here would be a huge understatement. Both the MythTV and LinuxMCE projects would make fantastic business models for any company if the hardware costs could be brought down. That, and if we might begin to see set-top boxes being made available.
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Using Linux Media Centre

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, 24 August 2006

With the release of Windows Vista, using your PC to watch and record TV has become a whole lot easier. Now, for the first time, Windows Media Center comes bundled with Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the standard Desktop operating system.
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LinuxMCE: MythTV for the rest of us?

Kyle, 24 March 2007, New Linux User

LinuxMCE is a recently released Linux distribution that promises to be the MythTV for the rest of us. MythTV is notoriously difficult to set up and LinuxMCE promises to be the easiest Media Center Linux distribution complete with an installer that is so easy to use any user with absolutely no Linux experience will have no problem using it.
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Linux MCE: Framtiden er nå 'The future is now' - (Norwegian)

Datanytt.no, 22 March 2007 Linux MCE er et fullstendig mediasenter som kan alt du forventer av en mediasenter pc i dag. Men det er også mye, mye mer.[1]

Linux MCE at Digg.com
LinuxMCE Partners with KDE for New Release @ planetkde.org