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Could the Linux community have a fully featured alternative to Windows based in-vehicle front ends? The answer could be Yes.

The OpenICE organization announced the release of LinuxICE 2.0, codenamed "Anino." LinuxICE is based on the Ubuntu operating system. However, thanks to a team of international developers it looks nothing like it and it has been heavily modified and optimized for use in a vehicle environment.

Some of the features of LinuxICE include:

• Build-in Navigation
• Media Playback
• Support for many add-on devices, ex. OBDII Scantools, HD Radion, Touchscreens, etc..
• Designed to be stable, fast, efficient and easy to setup and operate

Here is a screenshot:

If you want to find out more about the OpenICE project go here.

If you are interested in LinuxICE (read, install) go here.

For those interested we will post a review of LinuxICE 2.0 in the next few days.

UPDATE:

Official Press Release here.

Updated 12-17-2009 at 05:18 PM by ecog

Tags: Linux, ubuntu, Linux front end, linux front-end

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