[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 <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> 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 gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:02 PM, ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> 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 <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com>
> 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 gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> >> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
> >>
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> >
> >
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