| | Well, after many (four at least) weeks I've finally upgraded my media box to SLES 10 SP1. This is not a problem unless you want to really use the computer for any modern media interaction (youtube anyone?). Through some great resources (outlined here) I can wrestle SLES 10 reluctantly into a state of utility. I'm a bit jaded by the product, and I'm not really jazzed about it currently. I *have* successfully been able to have SLES10 on all my development platforms including my laptop (still don't have wifi with SP1, however but I'm (guardedly) optimistic. The defining feature that was keeping SP1 from being my media disk was that I was not able to install tvtime, allowing video input on my system. So often these days I've become a software researcher not a software developer when I encounter problems. After some googling I found the magic bullet on how to compile tvtime from source. This is what I was looking for. I already had Pandora working, and youtube as well as DVD playback, but no video input. This completed my initial testing requirements for SP1.
Disclosure: This (unfortunately) is a retouched photo. Because tvtime does not play well with any Linux screenshot utility, the above image is a hack. The tvtime authors glibly proclaim that it's not their fault (sigh).
P.S. Still haven't forked over the twenty bucks to buy Window Blinds after the 30 day trial expired. Maybe when my stimulus package refund gets here :)
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