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。 A new version of GeeXboX, a Linux-based movie player, has been released: "GeeXboX 1.1. Although development never stopped, more than a year has passed without any new official GeeXboX release. This new one is a really good candidate for your HTPC multimedia distribution choice. It comes with an improved hardware support, providing dozens of new drivers (a lot of new WiFi controllers, DVB card chipsets and new remote controls). It also comes with a massively upgraded and more stable MPlayer, which features native decoding of various audio and video formats that used to be available through non-free Win32 DLLs only. Also, GeeXboX now has some decoding speed improvements and the OSD menu has been completely rewritten to provide a lot of new attractive features." More details in the release announcement. Download: geexbox-1.1-en.i386.iso (8.9MB, MD5). |