Comments for Lucas Rocha

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by dave

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:15:57 +0000

Any official comment on how it would compare with an AppleTV?

I mean it’s got the HDMI connection, accelerated H.264 and at the very least I’m guessing it can access Youtube, Hulu, or iPlayer in the UK, stream internet radio, maybe last.fm and spotify.

But I’ve not heard if it could stream from other machines maybe via UPnP? I believe pulseaudio can pretend to be an Apple Airport Express and receive streams from iTunes now.

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by Aurium

Aurium — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:45 +0000

On the website i read: “Litl maintains itself by handling updates, patches, plug-ins, fixes and other computery stuff automatically while you sleep.”

It makes me think in DRM… :-( What is my freedom guaranties?

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by lucasr

lucasr — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:15:11 +0000

@Waldo,

Here are the current official legal instructions for that:

“To obtain a DVD containing the source code for the open source components of our operating system, please write to:

Sources DVD
litl LLC
33 Exeter St.
Boston, MA 02116

Please state your name, address and telephone number and enclose a check or money order for US$10 (inside US only) to cover postage and handling. Also clearly state the version of the sources that you are
requesting. You can see the version details of litl’s software at the bottom right corner of this screen. Write down the characters that follow “litlOS version:” and be sure to include these in your letter.

If you are outside the US, please email asklitl@litl.com and we will make arrangements to send you the sources. Note that the DVD does not contain source code to our proprietary interface which is not open source.”

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by sulfide

sulfide — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:07 +0000

the prices for these things are on crack. no thank you!

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by Mikhail Zabaluev

Mikhail Zabaluev — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:01:55 +0000

Nice to see you’re having fun with this new project. I wish you guys the best of luck, and I already want to buy your device :)

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by waldo

waldo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:54:45 +0000

so, where can i browse the software/patches you are applying to all that free software you are using? cannot find a link to that on the litl web site, but the gpl requires you to provide the sources/patchs somewhere.

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by Matthew Berg

Matthew Berg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:34:09 +0000

Huh. I had thought gjs maybe stalled since the page on live.gnome.org page has been pointing to 0.2 for almost a year. Looking at the ftp site there have been releases since then. The site should really reflect that.

Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by Startup Litl lança "webbook" baseado em Linux « Leonardo Fontenelle

Startup Litl lança "webbook" baseado em Linux « Leonardo Fontenelle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:22:53 +0000

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Comment on litl webbook: some technical comments by john

john — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:21:22 +0000

Seems quite expensive for a “netbook” I like the concept and what it does, but I can get an equivalent, more fully featured HP 311 for about $200 less. Curious about the price point.