Piren is a HTPC platform that is capable of live booting from various storage devices, including CDs, HDDs, USB sticks, and small flash memory, and boasts a lightweight design.
Piren is a lightweight HTPC live platform that provides users with a Debian-based live distribution. It serves as an excellent basis for building a Home Theater or a firewall system that also acts as your Media Center, or even to add HTPC features to a continually running home server. The software can boot from CD, HDD, USB sticks, or small size flash memory, and is shipped with an automatic hardware detection that does not require any additional software packages. Additionally, users can customize it to better suit their needs.
Piren is built on a stable software base, the Debian Etch R2, which ensures stability and security. The system is designed to run a fully-fledged Media Center, as Freevo can display pictures and play audio or video files, CD, VCD, DVD, or whatever MPlayer can handle. Piren also includes the famous Shorewall firewall for extra security, and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 for web browsing.
The system is based on a static image, with all the write commands reverted to RAM by default, even if you install Piren to your hard-disk, so compromising the system is never a concern. Piren is designed to offer maximal flexibility, running on almost every PC with every feature that is provided. Applications such as Freevo 1.7.3 with MPlayer, X.Org 7.1 with the Ratpoison 1.4 window-manager, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, a full Linux kernel 2.6.18, and much more, come pre-installed.
Piren is aimed at multimedia platforms that have specific philosophies based on individual user needs, and the system is therefore designed to provide a customized environment that best suits each user. In this sense, Piren truly wants to provide everyone with their personal Home Theater, in the form of a lightweight, live Linux distribution. The easy-to-use utility, piren-remaster, helps users add DSL (tar.gz) archives with already-made configuration files, new applications, or change the live filesystem to build their customized appliance.
Users can choose from the official release, which is auto-configuring, general-purpose, and suitable as a base for personal customizations, or derived releases from other Piren users. Piren supports patented technology file formats such as MP3, DivX, DVD, and more. Users should ensure that they have the right to use these applications before downloading or running Piren.
In conclusion, Piren is an excellent platform that provides users with complete flexibility and customization abilities to create their personal HTPC solution. The system is designed for multimedia platforms and offers a secure and stable software base to ensure the system runs smoothly. With the help of the piren-remaster utility, users can easily customize Piren and make it their home theater solution.
Piren is built on a stable software base, the Debian Etch R2, which ensures stability and security. The system is designed to run a fully-fledged Media Center, as Freevo can display pictures and play audio or video files, CD, VCD, DVD, or whatever MPlayer can handle. Piren also includes the famous Shorewall firewall for extra security, and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 for web browsing.
The system is based on a static image, with all the write commands reverted to RAM by default, even if you install Piren to your hard-disk, so compromising the system is never a concern. Piren is designed to offer maximal flexibility, running on almost every PC with every feature that is provided. Applications such as Freevo 1.7.3 with MPlayer, X.Org 7.1 with the Ratpoison 1.4 window-manager, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, a full Linux kernel 2.6.18, and much more, come pre-installed.
Piren is aimed at multimedia platforms that have specific philosophies based on individual user needs, and the system is therefore designed to provide a customized environment that best suits each user. In this sense, Piren truly wants to provide everyone with their personal Home Theater, in the form of a lightweight, live Linux distribution. The easy-to-use utility, piren-remaster, helps users add DSL (tar.gz) archives with already-made configuration files, new applications, or change the live filesystem to build their customized appliance.
Users can choose from the official release, which is auto-configuring, general-purpose, and suitable as a base for personal customizations, or derived releases from other Piren users. Piren supports patented technology file formats such as MP3, DivX, DVD, and more. Users should ensure that they have the right to use these applications before downloading or running Piren.
In conclusion, Piren is an excellent platform that provides users with complete flexibility and customization abilities to create their personal HTPC solution. The system is designed for multimedia platforms and offers a secure and stable software base to ensure the system runs smoothly. With the help of the piren-remaster utility, users can easily customize Piren and make it their home theater solution.
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