Automated Home - Linux Home Automation Touchscreen PC
I just got finished installing my first touchscreen in the kitchen but it is unfortunately attached to a hidden tower pentium 4. This is very appealing, although right now none of my automation software supports linux.
If only more developers used Java for home automation instead of Visual Basic, C, etc then we would not have to pick our HA software based on our hardware. Mac users pick Indigo, Windows users pick Powerhome, Homeseer, etc. There is an exhaustive list here.
One compromise many applications make is to support a web client. This is a nice solution and allows virtually any client from a phone to a full thin client. However the server still needs to run somewhere and none of the web clients I have seen are as fully featured as the native clients. Not just true for home automation but a general problem with web clients.
Anyway, too much work for me to switch now. I am tied to Powerhome for my main system and eHome for my clients and they work very well.
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