#22 Wish List

[Luke Boland]

Unfortunatly I can't find a compatibility list for this
software. I have been looking for something like it, and
have some questions. I am trying to make a laptop-
based in-car entertainment system, and I would like to
know if the following are supported:

(1) USB LCD touch-screens
-easier to use in a car than mouse/keyboard

(2) USB TV/FM tuner
-easier than forcing a full-sized PCI TV tuner into a
laptop

(3) USB Soundcards with 5.1+
-built-in laptop sound or Soundblaster Extigy? hmm...

(4) USB/Serial GPS and map display
-obviously useful (esp for chicks ;) )and cheaper than
buying a stand-alone system when there is already a
laptop handy...

(5) Automated Music Ripping
-40G Hard-drive, 50Mb OS... what else do you do?

(6) USB (External) CD/DVD ROM
-less risky than the flimsy laptop CD draw

(7) Mobile-Phone Intergration
-no point in a mobile that you can't hear ringing through
the techno/jazz/country (whatever your flavour is)

With these features, you would have an unbeatable in-
car entertainment system. BTW, I don't know a lot of
programming (mostly JAVA) but I'd love to help where-
ever I can...

[Roberto De Leo]

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Hi,
sorry for answering so late but I was pretty busy lately.
I see that USB is a very important word for you :-)
USB support under Linux is not very good but many things
work nevertheless:

> USB LCD touch-screens
sure

> USB TV/FM tuner
dunno

> USB Soundcards with 5.1+
I think so

> USB/Serial GPS and map display
no idea

> Automated Music Ripping
sure

> USB (External) CD/DVD ROM
sure

> Mobile-Phone Intergration
no idea

the first step would be to collect info about the missing
info above
if/when I'll get more info I'll post them

[Luke Boland]

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I know, USB really stands for Untested Slap-dash Bolt-on, but
in te vast majority of cases above, USB is the only way it can
be done, especially when you attach 4+ screens to the
system ;)