Re: [coreboot] Set Top Boxes and Linux?

[ron minnich]

some boxes were supported but I think people lost interest.

The new chromeboxes are pretty compelling and modern, so it's hard to see
the case for those very old boxes.

ron

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Gregg Levine  wrote:
> Hello!
> Um, I never bought one. The ideas for applying one ended about the
> time the name change happened for the group.
>
> I decided to ask since I've not heard a bleep since, well, since about
> three years previously.
>
> Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:02 PM, ron minnich  wrote:
> > Those boxes are pretty old by now. What kind of CPU is in your STB?
> >
> > ron
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Gregg Levine
>
> wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > > I've not seen anything (so far) concerning the ideas of installing
> > > Core Boot, into a system originally designated as a Set Top box. Is
> > > the idea still an active one? Or did it go into hibernation?
> > >
> > > And I'm bringing this up, not just because of prior discussions, but
> > > because it happens I have here one of those penguins that were given
> > > out at the former Linux World Expo events, and it says "TV Linux
> > > Alliance" on its middle.
> > >
> > > Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
> > > "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."