[BozemanLUG] MediaPC (sorta off topic)

[Chris Ching]

Wii Remote w/ a bluetooth and IR bar
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wiimote
If you want to keep it more "standard" remote. Lirc can be used with a ir
data portto use with a ir remote (i.e. xbox controller)
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lirc
Ching
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Sheldon Ross <ross_sheldon at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  I use
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Gyration-GYM1100NA-Air-Mouse-Plus/dp/B001KEGULI/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&id=1240950271&sr=8-7
>
> Of course, its not really a boxee thing. I use elisa, it's pretty
> simplistic but it does what I need.
>
> Sheldon
>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:54:05 -0700
> From: mstone0802 at gmail.com
> To: discuss at bozemanlug.org
> Subject: [BozemanLUG] MediaPC (sorta off topic)
>
> I'm in the planning process of setting up a Media PC (with Netflix and Hulu
> and Boxee, really, why wouldn't you?).  I'm planning on doing an Ubuntu PC
> with Boxee.  I'd like it to operate about as little like a computer as
> possible, so one of the main things I'm looking for is a remote control.
> Looking around I've had very little luck with finding a good one. Usually
> Google results come back with all the pluses and minuses of RDP vs. VNC and
> stuff like that which has nothing to do with the kind of "remote control"
> I'm looking for. Does anybody have a remote that they'd recommend, or does
> anybody have a better answer to the Media PC than Boxee? Good reasons not to
> use Ubuntu? I'm up to any suggestions.
>
> Mike
>
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