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2009/01/12

My Samsung TV Runs Linux!

Filed under: — Stormwind @ 6:59 am

It looks like my Samsung HL-T6189S LED DLP TV runs embedded Linux! Cool.

I was looking through the firmware downloaded from Samsung’s web site for the set (to make sure 1019 was the latest firmware for the HL-T6189S) and found the following files inside of the archive:

  • run.sh : a shell script
  • rc.local : a script ran during startup of many versions of Linux and Unix
  • Many .so and .ko files which are shared object files (similar to DLLs) and kernel modules (similar to device drivers)
  • Several .img files that appear to be compressed ROMFS file system images (compressed file system images)

Fascinating! Too bad Samsung has announced they are not developing any new DLP sets. I wonder if their LCD displays also use Linux?

2009/01/09

My Native Prairie/Plant Interview on local NPR station KUT!

Filed under: — Stormwind @ 12:36 pm

Several people have told me that the interview I did with KUT (local NPR radio station) about native prairies and native plants in central Texas is airing today!  Let me know if you hear it! To listen online, go to the 9:00 minute mark of this mp3 on KUT’s site.

We discussed how native tallgrass prairies and savannas are the native ecosystem for much of central Texas, how tallgrass prairies are the most endangered large ecosystem in North America, how using native plants in landscaping can increase water quality and quantity, the future potential for cellulosic ethanol and native grasslands to supply fuel for our society and restore native prairie, and other related topics. They also interviewed several other folks about grassland birds, water quality, and cellulosic ethanol.

The organizations I mentioned during the original interview:

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