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 ===== 8. Howto install LinuxMCE 810 alpha =====
-{{hal10k:linuxmcelogo.png?190 }}The purpose of this project have been to investigate the opportunities of making a quite advanced media center, with open source software. Many projects exists out there, but the most of them: aAR OS, MythTV (, Mythbuntu), VDR, Elisa, GeexBox, XBMC, Freevo etc. lacks support of the Z-wave protocol, which is one of the key features in this project. Only one open source media center supports all the features from the project specification (inc. Z-wave), at the time of writing that program is - LinuxMCE! Because of this, LinuxMCE seemed like the obvious choice for this project.
+{{hal10k:linuxmcelogo.png?190 }}The purpose of this project have been to investigate the opportunities of making a quite advanced media center, with open source software. Many projects exists out there, but the most of them: aAR OS, MythTV (, Mythbuntu), VDR, Elisa, GeexBox, XBMC, Freevo etc. lacks support of the Z-wave protocol, which is one of the key features in this project. At the moment only one open source media center supports all the features from the project specification (inc. Z-wave) and that is -LinuxMCE! Because of this, LinuxMCE seemed like the obvious choice for this project.
-The decision was made, but not very soon after, it became obvious, what a big mistake that decision was. LinuxMCE feature list looks promising, but the most of the features does not work out of the box. Actually I cant not recall a single one, that did. LinuxMCE is slow, it is unstable, it is complicated to configure and before I get started, let med end this by telling, that I have wasted many hours, attempting to make it function appropriately. I am really not trying to hurt any ones feeling out there. LinuxMCE is just not ready yet - at least that is my humble opinion.
+The decision was made, but not very soon after, it became obvious what a big mistake that decision was. LinuxMCE feature list looks promising, but the most of the features does not work out of the box. Actually I can't recall a single one that did. LinuxMCE is slow, it is unstable, it is complicated to configure and I have wasted way too many hour in the attempt to make it function appropriately. I am really not trying to hurt any ones feeling out there. LinuxMCE is just not ready yet - at least that is my humble opinion.
-:!: If you are a very patient person, with lots of experience in Linux, then i will recommend trying LinuxMCE - otherwise not. Installing and using LinuxMCE (710 and 810) was definitely one of the worst experiences, I have ever had, with open source software.
+:!: If you are a very patient person, with lots of experience in Linux, then i can recommend you to try the current version of LinuxMCE (710 or 810 alpha) - otherwise not.
-Someone might get better results than I did with LinuxMCE, so feel free to use these steps, to install LinuxMCE 810 alpha version:
+Someone might get better results than I did with LinuxMCE, so feel free to use these steps to install LinuxMCE 810 alpha version:
 [[hal10k:installLinuxMCE | Howto install LinuxMCE 810 Alpha]]
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 ===== 11. Howto install TV-IP312 in Linux =====
-In this document it can be read, how to stream video from the TV-IP312 in Linux. It also contains a howto about integrating the webcam in LinuxMCE, with motion-detection:
+This document describes how to stream video from the TV-IP312 in Linux. It also contains a howto about integration of that webcam with motion-detection in LinuxMCE:
 [[hal10k:tvip312| TV-IP312 Linux howto]]
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 ===== 12. Home automation - Z-wave devices =====
-{{hal10k:zwave_logo.jpg?200 }}Zwave is on its way to become the new de facto standard, in the home automation business. We decided to investigate the opportunities, of using this new promising standard in Linux. As mentioned earlier, not many open source media center solutions with supports of Zwave, exists today. One of the main reasons, is that the Zwave protocol is closed to the public, though a license can be purchased from Zensys. For this reason, the first Zwave library in LinuxMCE, was closed source, but in the new release of LinuxMCE, the Zwave library is open source, based on reverse engineering.
+{{hal10k:zwave_logo.jpg?200 }}Zwave is on its way to become the new de facto standard in the home automation business. We decided to investigate the opportunities of using this new promising standard in Linux. As mentioned earlier, not many open source media center solutions with support of Zwave exists today. One of the main reasons is that the Zwave protocol is closed to the public, though a license can be purchased from Zensys. For this reason, the first Zwave library in LinuxMCE was closed source, but the new release of LinuxMCE includes a  open source Zwave library, based on reverse engineering.
-The following document contains information about using the different Zwave devices in Linux. This includes links to other sides, about installing the TrickleStar Zwave Usb controller, the ZIR010 Motion detector and the ZDP200 lamp dimmer in LinuxMCE.
+The following document contains information about different Zwave devices and there usage in Linux. This includes links to other pages regarding installation of the TrickleStar Zwave Usb controller, the ZIR010 Motion detector and the ZDP200 lamp dimmer in LinuxMCE.
 [[hal10k:zwaveInfo| Zwave information]]