Talk:LinuxMCE

Requests for article expansion:

• More screenshots are needed, different skins with comments/explanation. See sources:

http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Screenshots

• mention FreeSwitch now that it is available on linuxMCE? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.251.194.18 (talk) 16:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Questions:

LinuxMCE is new and so notability is a tough one. I'm fairly sure it will become important though so deleting and then re-adding seems a waste... 213.143.18.224 14:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

LinuxMCE is NOT "an add-on to Ubuntu designed to allow a PC to act as a Media PC." btw 216.113.96.78 02:44, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe the article should mention Pluto, which is the biggest component of LinuxMCE; in fact, I'd even go so far as call LinuxMCE nothing more than a nice repackaging of Pluto for Ubuntu. Even parts of the documentation in the LinuxMCE-Wiki is just copied exactly from the Pluto-Wiki... Douglas77 20:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

"...nothing more than a nice repackaging of Pluto for Ubuntu". Plubuntu? Alfred Centauri 13:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

• I would like to add that PlutoHome is **NOT** licensed under any commonly accepted open-source license, such as GPL, etc. Please see the PlutoHome license on their website, and then see the LinuxMCE license on their site.... wait, there is none. Also see the Pluto FTP site they are now hosting LMCE stuff there —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.238.173.64 (talk) 03:11, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

Pluto is dead. It is no longer being maintained. LinuxMCE is its successor, with many more additions and refinements. comment added by Perspectoff (talk • contribs) 06:04, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Notability!?!=

LinuxMCE represents the next level of integration for home automation. It performs all the X10 functionality plus multi-source TV integration and distribution, alarm management, two-way communication with the home via telephony, and with video over telephony.

@personwhodoesn'tsigntheirposts I would also say it is significant (i mean, its bill gates house but open source!) Ms.henrick (talk) 16:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

But there is a wikipedia policy thats says something is not notable becuase you like it. contrary to that it is very notable and cool! Ms.henrick (talk) 15:44, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Merging with MythTV

This should not be merged - it includes extensive home control and other functions. Plus you can't install it on top of an existing Linux setup - you have to put it in from scratch. TreveX^talk 17:44, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree, MythTV is a program, this is a distribution. A merge seems silly. JeffBurdges (talk) 23:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

It is not exactly a distribution, since it requires the Kubuntu distribution. It is just a very big set of packages. —comment added by Perspectoff (talk • contribs) 06:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

yeah its just a really big package that needs KDE (gnome won't work because of fancy effects apparantly). it is nothing like Mythtv! Ms.henrick (talk) 16:16, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Development status

As of Feb 2008, the latest LMCE release is 0710BETA3 and this article refers to the development status as "Production Ready". If the version is 0710BETA3, should the development status not be "Beta"? S. Morrow (talk) 18:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

As of May 7, the version is LinuxMCE 0710 RC2. It is pretty sweet. "Production ready" is a meaningless term -- the system has been distributed on commercial systems for some time, now (such as Convergenthome and Fiire). — comment added by Perspectoff (talk • contribs) 06:07, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Abandonment

Has this project not been abandoned? It looks like its latest release was in Nov '16. Dan Dart (talk) 09:49, 13 September 2022 (UTC)