Re: Choice of OS for Home Automation

[Jeff <jeff@xxxxxxx>]

I use linux for all my ha stuff.

Mainly use xtend and heyu - http://heyu.tanj.com/heyu/index.html
and a
number of my own scripts to play mp3 files, volume control etc...

Jeff.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Giles Paterson" <gpaterson@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:43 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Choice of OS for Home Automation


> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been lurking here for a short while now, trying to learn as much
as I
> can before automating my flat.
>
> One thing that has struck me is that when you are using a computer to
> control your homes, you are using Windows based software and operating
> systems. Is this just a matter of personal preference, or because the
only
> readily available software is for Windows? Or something else?
>
> I am a bit of a Linux freak so would prefer to do things that way if
> possible. It just strikes that me using an old PC running Linux would
be
> more cost effective than a high power machine running NT or 2000.
There
also
> seems to be a fair amount of open source software for interfacing to
X10
> devices (a quick search on freshmeat.net revealed 20 or so).
>
> Does anyone on this list have experience of using Linux in a home
automation
> environment? Does anyone have any good links?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Giles Paterson
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