Ceiva and Linux

[Warren E. Agin]

I bought one of those for my 90 year old grandma. I thought it would be
great - my parent's would set it up and she would automatically get pictures
from me. Unfortunately, she kept unplugging it at night.

-Warren Agin
----- Original Message -----
From: <kirblam at attbi.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:33 PM
Subject: Ceiva and Linux


> Anyone out there interested in helping me install Linux on my Ceiva (LCD
> Picture frame)?
> I'm not a newbie to Linux or soldering but the only experience I have with
> embedded systems is strictly through reading about them.
>
> Here's the most recent info I've found on the possibility:
> http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/colin/ceiva/
>
> The issue is that I got the thing as a wedding gift so the first year was
free.
> Now the company wants $100/year for the privilege to change pictures on it
> <http://www.ceiva.com/>. The Ceiva normally dials out daily to grab pics
you
> have posted to your account on the Ceiva web site.
>
> It's either Open Source experimentation for this thing or it becomes a
boat
> anchor.
>
> Any assistance, pointers, suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> jk
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