[lug] Testers for Raspberry Pi distro: PiBox

[Quentin Hartman]

Sounds interesting. I'll add it to my list of stuff to check out.

Q

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Michael J. Hammel <
mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> wrote:

> I've been working on a custom embedded Linux distribution, PiBox, for
> the Raspberry Pi for a couple of years now.  This weekend I made a
> stable release that is suitable for its initial target audience - people
> who want to use it in non-connected environments like travel trailers
> while you're camping.
>
> Essentially its a core platform with opkg add-ons that turn it into a
> media server/player with a consumer oriented UI - something akin to a
> Roku but not nearly so feature rich (yet).  It's main purpose at the
> moment is to watch videos (using a hardware accelerated player).  Media
> Server exports the video files over smb to Media Players allowing the
> latter to be distributed and not require a USB hub.  Later I'll add
> other media playback features and some home automation support.  The
> release notes describe upcoming development plans.
>
> I use this with a cheap LED pico projector to play movies on the side of
> my camper (which has an attached tent/room so as not to annoy other
> campers).  I hope to add bluetooth audio sometime this year to get rid
> of the audio cable to our headphones.
>
> It has very specific networking requirements:  you should get one of
> these:
>
> https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi-accessories/networking/wireless-usb-1n-nano-adaptor-802.11N-wifi-dongle
>
> It's an RTL5370 dongle.  I've found that driver to be the most stable in
> the 3.10 and later kernels.
>
> Note that this is not Debian + XBMC.  It's all custom: the UI, the apps,
> the rootfs, even the toolchain (well, a custom build at least).  I've
> developing an app library layer that will make it easier for app
> developers to interact with a wifi connected Android app.
>
> If anyone is interested in testing (or helping in development) give me a
> holler.  You can start by reading the 0.10.0 release notes:
> http://redmine.graphics-muse.org/news/16
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd ask.
> Thanks!
> --
> Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org>
>
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