GeeXboX

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GeeXboX
GeexBox, paused while playing a DivX movie.
Website	www.geexbox.org
Company/ developer	Aurelien Jacobs and Benjamin Zores (Core Maintainers)
OS family	Linux
Latest stable release	1.1 / 01 July, 2007
Latest unstable release	N/A / N/A
Kernel type	Monolithic
License	Various

GeeXboX is a free Linux distribution providing a media center software suite for personal computers. GeeXboX uses MPlayer for media playback and is implemented as a Live CD. As such, the system does not need to be permanently installed to a hard drive, as most modern operating systems would. Instead, the computer can be booted with the GeeXboX CD when media playback is desired. This is a reasonable approach for those who do not need media playback services while performing other tasks with the same computer, for users who wish to repurpose older computers as media centers, and for those seeking a free alternative to Windows XP Media Center Edition. GeeXboX also runs on the Wii

GeeXboX comes with a utility called generator. Generator lets you customize the GeeXboX discs. The following options are configurable:

• Include your movie(s).
• Add non-free extra codecs.
• Add non-free firmwares for your drivers.
• Add extra fonts for Asian users.
• Add extra themes.
• Configure the network settings.
• Configure audio related options.
• Configure video related options.
• Configure the remote control and receiver to be used.
• Configure a LCD display.
• Change theme, fonts and charset encoding.
• Choose the services to be started with GeeXboX (like UPnP and SHOUTcast).
• Modify MPlayer's startup options.

[edit] See also

• MythTV
• eMoviX

[edit] External links

• GeeXboX Homepage
• GeeXboX Review

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