Laptop to Picture Frame Done!

**Don 944 LA** · 03-21-2006, 08:34 PM

Dude, and your running DSL ( Damn Small Linux ).
That stuff is the Shisnit !!!!
You could probably run it on a calculator .

Nice Fab Work.
Nice Design.
Great Concept !!

EDIT: try running DSL on a 2 Ghz P4 as "toram" ... Whoooa !!!

**sfay93** · 03-21-2006, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Don 944 LA

Dude, and your running DSL ( Damn Small Linux ).
That stuff is the Shisnit !!!!
You could probably run it on a calculator .

Nice Fab Work.
Nice Design.
Great Concept !!

EDIT: try running DSL on a 2 Ghz P4 as "toram" ... Whoooa !!!

I have ran as toram on my desktop. It is very fast. I debated between DSL and PuppyLinux for awhile. DSL just seemed to work better and faster. I am still a Linux noob but have downloaded over 20 different live cd's just to check them out. These smaller distros have some great tools built in and I plan on using them on a ew older desktops I have for people who just want email and surfing boxes like my grandma. One of my laptops is dual boot Mandrake and XP but I plan on redoing that setup. Just haven't decided which version of Linux to run on it. Debating between Suse (Got that idea from you

)and Ubuntu.

**Quattro** · 03-22-2006, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by desiz

wow pretty cool... sounds like something to do over the weekend... off to ebay to find a cheapo laptop

Thats awesome!!!

I bet u can use it for other things a well, like maybe for music?
any other ideas?

**Shines** · 03-25-2006, 11:33 PM

I want to use a laptop screen for my front door view-cam for my security cam.

**ccsnet** · 03-26-2006, 05:31 AM

Nice - I know you can buy them now for about £100 but thats only pictures, I wonder PC In a Picture - could this be the new CarPC ?

Terran

**partyharty** · 03-29-2006, 02:46 PM

I have built a few of them. They are great to tinker with but I have yet to build one that I used for a long period of time. The glare on the screen stinks (it is tough to view in bright lighting from across the room). All in all though its a great project. I have pictures of some of the ones I have built on my website.

I primarly use laptops that have something wrong with them. I used a Acer (older) 350PC for one of them (p133 16mb ram) with a dead battery). I have also used a newer gateway laptop (1Ghz) that had broken screen hinges (and a dead battery).

If you look around you can get older laptops for little of nothing. It really dosent have to be much to display pictures (or even play mp3's).

**yellowjeeperman** · 04-27-2006, 07:39 PM

That is sweet! Anyone ever converted a laptop to a CarCPU? Got an old one rotting about but just enuf for vids and music which is what i need. Anyone ever tore one of apart b4 for this kinda setup?

**blurp** · 04-27-2006, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by yellowjeeperman

That is sweet! Anyone ever converted a laptop to a CarCPU? Got an old one rotting about but just enuf for vids and music which is what i need. Anyone ever tore one of apart b4 for this kinda setup?

Holy crap! You've gotta be kidding with those questions.

, newb.