| GeeXboX是一份完整的操作系统，它运行Linux内核并基于出色的软件MPlayer。它不需要硬盘，你只要把GeeXboX可启动光盘插入任何一
台奔腾级计算机的光驱就能引导之。此外，GeeXboX是自由的软件，它的诞生要感谢许许多多的开源软件。这意味着任何人都可以修改它并且创建他自己的
GeeXboX发布。你可能会奇怪，为什么要选择引导进另外一种操作系统以播放你的媒体文件呢？但是，请想像一下那些Mini-ITX平台，例如VIA
Epia/Eden或者Shuttle
barebones吧。现在可以把DivX带进你的家庭影院，把这类计算机变成你的电视机。在首个开发版本释出时（2002年十二月），它还只能播放
DivX电影，但现在，几乎所有的媒体文件都能在GeeXboX里播放了。 The first alpha version of GeeXboX 2.0, a standalone, LiveCD-based Linux distribution for home theater or media center purpose, has been released: "This has been announced for years but we're finally stepping forward to the so long awaited 2.0 release of GeeXboX. Today, we're proud to let you have a first try at this new version, based on the Enna Media Center application that we have developed. Enna is a standalone application that one can use on any Linux distribution that replaces the old and dying MPlayer OSD interface we've been using for so long. The GeeXboX distribution you all know about will then become the Enna Live-CD project, but with all optimizations, configuration and tweakings that one may be able to do on his regular computer. New features that have been added or enabled by default: the proprietary NVIDIA video driver has been integrated; the VDPAU hardware decoding engine has been integrated; for non-NVIDIA users, the multi-threaded decoding feature now has been enabled by default..." Read the full release announcement. Download MD5: geexbox-2.0-alpha1-en.i386.eglibc.iso (39MB), geexbox-2.0-alpha1-en.x86_64.eglibc.iso (53MB). |
