Live CDs - a quick and easy way to try Freevo

Live CDs allow you to download a small file and burn it to CD which you boot from and then you will be able to play with a full version of Freevo from the CD without having to install anything onto your PC. Simply take the CD out and reboot and you'll be back to your desktop. It's a great way to take a look at Freevo before you make the full switch or use it to show Freevo off to your friends on their PCs. If you are running Windows you can just download Microsoft's Virtual PC and load up a Freevo Live CD on that!

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FreevoLive

FreevoLive is a live Freevo distro based on Mandriva linux. It includes the latest freevo-1.7.3 and comes with the ability to install a full Mandriva system with Freevo if you like it. It's homepage is http://freevolive.tuxfamily.org/

Michel Hoogervorst

09-Aug-2007

GeeXboX 2.x - a technological preview

GeeXboX have taken the decision to integrate Freevo2 into their future release GeeXboX 2.x - a htpc live platform. As both are still under development there is no official release yet however there is a technological preview available if you want to see where it's going. The following is taken from the post on geexbox.org announcing the collaboration;

The decision has been taken to make use of Freevo 2.0 (still work in progress, but so is GeeXboX 2.x) and Kaa, its multimedia framework as our new UI reference. As a consequence, many new packages had to be added (such as Python) to our distribution. In a near future, GeeXboX and Freevo projects will be more tighten than ever, and we should be the official Freevo LiveCD, still keeping in mind our embedded and easy-to-setup approach. Unfortunately, ISO grew up radically (it is now 20 MB) and so does RAM usage (at least 128MB is now mandatory). But, as a development version, don't take it too seriously, it'll still change 'till the final release. If you want to have a try at this technological preview, just grab the GeeXboX 2.x 2006-12-31 ISO and burn it to a CD or try it through VMware or so. Don't look for a generator or try to install it on disk, it is not yet meant for. Don't expect it either to be fully functional, it's still full of bugs and isn't meant to replace the official 1.x series anytime soon. Right now, it can be controlled through keyboard only (arrow keys and Enter/Escape) but should already be able to let you watch some videos, play audio files or view various pictures.

John Molohan

09-Aug-2007