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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> What does streaming video look like over a 
> modem connection?  

Bad.  Really bad.  But at 53333 it's possible to get 
the gist of what's going on.

> Have you found any TV stations worth watching?    

I've not been looking for TV stations.  The one I
played was a complete accident.  

> Any from Eastern Europe?

I'm pretty sure I saw some Eastern European radio
stations.

> Now that you see some utility in using linux for sound, 
> would you want to provide a small sound-capable kernel 

I think the bare.i kernel is best for people wanting
something extra (like sound or firewalling or wireless).
Bare.i covers all the bases (including CONFIG NET_RADIO).

As it is, mplayer only works on PIIs and above, so our
current fascination with sound is only marginally relevant
to our target hardware.

> I made my own.   

Me too.  You get the best performance from Linux by compiling 
a kernel precisely configured for your hardware.

> but it supports only the few ethernet cards that I have, 
> and I made a few other changes to it.  Pentium only.

My sound kernel is PII only (to match my hardware).

Cheers,
Steven

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