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Old 02-24-2006, 03:16 PM
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... myself!

Proud "owner" of a 525D '05 company car, in the process of building a carputer to install in it, based on gentoo linux.

It seems here there are tons of info I've been searching for such a long time before finding this oustanding place!

Uh, btw, I live close to Milan, Italy.



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Originally Posted by goingmad' post='245611' date='Feb 25 2006, 12:16 AM
in the process of building a carputer to install in it, based on gentoo linux.
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welcome
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Speaking of a carputer, I figure it's time to repost a link to TurboDman's install from some time ago...

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?s=&showtop...indpost&p=53246

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Welcome gm. Happy driving and computer building. We were in Milan briefly last summer on our way east and enjoyed the City a great deal.
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congrats and welcome to the Family, please post pics!!!
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Originally Posted by ats77' post='246103' date='Feb 25 2006, 09:26 PM
congrats and welcome to the Family, please post pics!!!
Welcome! Enjoy the carputer!
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Originally Posted by bmwsmg' post='246308' date='Feb 26 2006, 08:43 PM
Welcome! Enjoy the carputer!
I feel imediately at home here, thank you for the welcomes...

For any of you interested in what I'm trying to build, some infos regarding the warez involved

the hardware
mobo via epia M9000 mini itx size
case voom pc
M1-ATX DC-DC ATX Automotive Computer (car PC) Power Supply
Gyration compact keyboard suite
Wireless-G Portable USB Adapter
Linksys Bluetooth USB Adapter
Hauppage WinTV-PVR-USB2
Globalsat GPS bluetooth receiver
Lilliput 7" LCD Touchscreen display


The softwares

Gentoo Linux distro
Fluxbox X windows manager
GPRS Easy Connect

Still to decide which media center could be the best, probably one among:
Freevo
Pycar
Mythtv

Investigating about OBDII and Linux GPS sw matters

A lot of work to do...

More update hopefully soon!

Regards


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Welcome!

Sounds like a cool project...good luck!




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