[Noisebridge-discuss] donated noisebridge companion cube computer

[Jared Dunne]

If it's for use with the Kinect, which I think was the motivation for
that computer being setup, then I'd recommend a dual-boot with some
Linux flavor, rather than hackintosh.  There are some toolkits that
would be key to have setup on a Kinect PC, but they aren't supported
in Mac OS (let alone hackintoshland).  I imagine this would require
partitioning the HDD if that isn't already done.

I'll be spending Monday daytime resuming Kinect hacking so I'll see
what I can do regarding installing Kinect toolkits and such...  In the
meantime, if any one can prep the machine for Linux (partitioning) or
even do the Ubuntu install, then that would be very helpful.

j-
PS: If anyone wants to try installing Hackintosh on (including this
shuttle), I have iATKOS v7 DVD which installs 10.5.7 Leopard that I
can loan out or donate to NB.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com> wrote:
> lilia donated a black shuttle cube computer to noisebridge.  Somebody
> please put a "Property of Noisebridge" sticker on it.
>
> Her comment on the matter originated in a different thread:
> "It is now property of noisebridge. Hack as you may. No need
> to ask. It's running XP at the moment, which lots of nice software
> resources left over from my college days (Adobe, Macromedia, Matlab if
> you can get a new license for it, Visual Studio for windows-based
> C/C++ hacking, to name a few...)."
>
> The computer is now apparently already hooked up to the Kinect.  It
> would be excellent to see the computer remain with the (presumably
> licensed) Microsoft software on it for everybody to use.  It might also
> be cool to see it dual-boot as a hackintosh with Mac OS snow leopard.
>
> If we get a dual-boot on there for MacOS snow leopard, I would be
> willing to donate $20 to get a Noisebridge developer license for iphone
> SDK development.  If 4 others are also willing to donate $20, we can get
> Noisebridge its own developer license for iphone SDK.
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
> A.B.? Also, what does Prof. McGonagall have to do with anything?
>
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