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Visit [[Contacts]] to see a list of current developers, and [[Contribute]] to learn how you can help out.
 
Visit [[Contacts]] to see a list of current developers, and [[Contribute]] to learn how you can help out.
  
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This page could use some help.  LinuxMCE is very big; about 12 million lines of code in the daily build process.  And that doesn't include all the existing open source projects that come from Ubuntu.  We need a good [[organizational chart]] to help developers get going, and this is lacking.  Sorry...  It's high on the todo list.
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LinuxMCE was at the outset a fork of [[Pluto]]'s own debian based [[Linux]] distribution for home automation.  The founder of the LinuxMCE project, [[Paul Webber]], contacted Pluto after seeing a demo of their software at a trade conference. The Pluto distribution was primarily a none to stellar marketing tool for them and they were happy to let Paul create his own Linux distribution using their foundation. Since then LinuxMCE has moved from debian to Ubuntu (a debian based distribution), and is now moving from being primarily run by Paul alone to being a more open project all around.
  
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LinuxMCE is, at least at the outset, largely a fork from [[Pluto]].  And [[Pluto]] allowed me to import all their existing Wiki pages, including a [[Programmer's Guide|Programmer's Guide]].  The information is largely accurate for LinuxMCE too, and there is a lot there that will make a good starting point, but it needs to be better summed up and organized.
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BTW [[Pluto]] allowed us to import all their existing Wiki pages, including their [[Programmer's Guide|Programmer's Guide]].  The information is largely accurate for LinuxMCE as well and we've updated many of the parts that didn't apply to us since then.
  
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Read about the [[History|History of LinuxMCE]].
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Read about the [[History|History of LinuxMCE]] for more expansive background information.
  
 
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[[Category:Development]]

Revision as of 23:50, 2 November 2007

Visit Contacts to see a list of current developers, and Contribute to learn how you can help out.

LinuxMCE was at the outset a fork of Pluto's own debian based Linux distribution for home automation. The founder of the LinuxMCE project, Paul Webber, contacted Pluto after seeing a demo of their software at a trade conference. The Pluto distribution was primarily a none to stellar marketing tool for them and they were happy to let Paul create his own Linux distribution using their foundation. Since then LinuxMCE has moved from debian to Ubuntu (a debian based distribution), and is now moving from being primarily run by Paul alone to being a more open project all around.

BTW Pluto allowed us to import all their existing Wiki pages, including their Programmer's Guide. The information is largely accurate for LinuxMCE as well and we've updated many of the parts that didn't apply to us since then.

Read about the History of LinuxMCE for more expansive background information.

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