GeeXboX 1.1 Is Now Available

GeeXboX is a free embedded Linux distribution coming as a standalone LiveCD, works on any Pentium-class x86 computer or PowerPC Macintosh, with no software requirement. It does not require free hard drive space as it is loaded in RAM.

The distro is enhanced with automatic hardware detection, therefore no driver needs to be added. According to its creators, GeeXboX also comes with a complete toolchain specially designed for the programmers interested in adding extra packages and features.

After almost one year since the latest official GeeXboX release, the developers team is proud to announce the 1.1 version, coming mainly with some new features proposed by the users. While working for a native HDTV screen support and availability for both 32 and 64 bits edition for the much coveted 2.0 version, the GeexBox team also announces for this 1.1 version interesting features and many upgrades.

Highlights:

- added optional support for GNU glibc 2.5 in toolchain for debugging purpose
- new native VC-1/WMV3/WMV9 video decoder (Windows Media Video)
- new native On2 VP50 and VP62 decoder (Flash video)
- new native lossless audio decoders for WavPack, TTA, and Shorten.
- upgrade BusyBox to v1.5
- update uClibc to 0.9.29
- upgraded SysLinux bootloader to v3.20
- new native RTSP input (handles MPEG-TS over RTP only) for generic RTSP servers (like FreeboxTV) which deprecates Live555 usage
- added support for ICEcast netstreams
- radio is now handled direclty through V4L2
- support for VC1 in MPEG-TS and MPEG-PS files (like HD-DVD and BlueRay ones)
- support for EVO demuxing (HD-DVD file format)
- added support for IVTV based cards (such as Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500)
- support for WPA encryption on WiFi cards
- much better autodetection of USB DVB devices
- support for more radio cards
- Samba and NFS mounts are now allowed to come up if the servers are brought up after geexbox boots up, by looping in the background
-added basic WebGUI implementation
- fixed QEMU/VirtualBox emulation
- add autoplay support for USB devices
- reworked internationalization files

You can download GeeXboX right now from Softpedia.