[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] external usb devices really necessary?

[From: Mattias Schlenker]

Steffen Vogel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’m new here. I think it’s possible to connect a external usb-hdd to a 
> 770. It would be very useful for playing mp3s and watching videos.
>
> You could use a webcam or a keyboard. With a little web server you 
> could host a website with live pictures from your webcam.
>

This might be totally of topic, but great device to connect harddisks 
and other USB stuff to is the NSLU2 from linksys. It runs Linux 2.4 and 
has two USB host ports that are primarily intended for connecting 
harddisks. I use one of thes boxes as a uPnP-Server for my Noxon. Since 
the NSLU2 has a samba server on board you might want to access your MP3s 
from the N770 (I guess the smb-client for gnomevfs is either on board or 
added easily), so you will be able to listen to your music and watch 
videos without lots of cables (and hardware hacked USB hubs).

I assume with a N770, my Wireless DSL router and the NSLU2 there is no 
more reason to run one PC all the time.

Regards,
Mattias

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