Sean: You can't honestly compare the Linux in a Tivo to the Linux used as a true computer operating system. In a Tivo it's dumbed down to do one thing and one thing only, but on a computer you need to be able to do many more things at once. They can't reduce the interface of a computer down to something as simple as a set top box and expect it to be useful.
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Sean: You can't honestly compare the Linux in a Tivo to the Linux used as a true computer operating system.
In a Tivo it's dumbed down to do one thing and one thing only, but on a computer you need to be able to do many more things at once.
They can't reduce the interface of a computer down to something as simple as a set top box and expect it to be useful.