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Linux Toys: 13 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment
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Product Description
* Christopher Negus is the bestselling author of Red Hat Linux 8 Bible (0-7645-4968-5) and earlier versions, with more than 125,000 copies sold
* Readers learn to build sixteen fun and useful devices for home and office, using spare parts and free software
* Projects include transforming an answering machine into an e-mail converter, building an MP3 music jukebox, building a car entertainment center, and creating a TV video recorder/player
* Projects work with any version of Linux
* Companion Web site includes specialized hardware drivers and software interfaces, plus music and game software
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #175147 in Books
- Published on: 2003-10-03
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.23 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 360 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...Linux Format Top Stuff Award...9/10 Lots of ideas for making your machine do cool things..." (Linux Format, February 2004)
"...the book was good fun, entertaining and thought provoking..." (Linux Magazine, January 2004)
Book Info
Text provides 13 projects to build using a PC, a few spare parts, and a little Linux. Projects include a music jukebox, home video archive, telephone answering center, temperature monitor, and more. Softcover.
From the Back Cover
Chris and Chuck welcome you to the Linux toyshop
If the idea of remodeling an old laptop into a digital picture frame has your palms tingling, take this book home. That's one of thirteen cool projects these two experts will teach you to build using a PC, a few spare parts, and a little Linux. You can build single-use projects on an old PC, or simply add "Toys" projects to your high-end Red Hat Linux box. Just be sure someone knows where you are — in case there's an emergency before you're finished.
The Toys
Each with a complete materials list and detailed, illustrated instructions
- Music jukebox
- Home video archive
- Television recorder/player
- Arcade game player
- Home network server
- Home broadcast center
- Temperature monitor
- Telephone answering center
- Mini ISP
- Web-hosting service
- DogHouse Linux with BSD games
- Toy car controller
- Digital picture frame
CD-Rom includes
- Xmame classic console gaming player
- WebVCRplus Web-based TV recording software
- VOCP telephone answering and voice messaging software
- Ffmpeg for recording and streaming audio/video
- BSD-Games classic keyboard games package
- Mplayer video player for Linux
