eee PC and Slingbox (instruction for installing SlingPlayer on eee PC)

has been searching for a way to Run SlingPlayer on the eeePC for sometime since Sling does not have Linux client (never announced one) and i still want to keep my eeePC Linux.. havent got much luck before now. thks to people at SlingCommunity there is a solution. I figure i will change it a bit to focus on the eee installation for less techie ppl
Running Wine over Linux I have to confess I had not been having much luck running Wine (Windows emulator on Linux) on the eee but this installer script works out fine:

http://www.slingcommunity.com/download/27234/Slingplayer-LINUX-US-1.03b/

with the newest version Wine these are the steps: go here: http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb with Firefox on the eee Open terminal or console run this (copy and paste it in) sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/etch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list then this sudo apt-get update then this
sudo apt-get install wine it will take 3-5 min to download and install the newest version of Wine Install the SlingPlayer 1. Download this zip file if not already done so

http://www.slingcommunity.com/download/27234/Slingplayer-LINUX-US-1.03b/

2. extract the *.sh file from the archive

3. ensure the file has executable permission (right click go to properties, select permissions and tick the can execute checkbox)

4. open a terminal ... (shortcut is normally ctrl+t - but you should be able to find it in your applications shortcut menu)

5. drag the extracted *.sh file into the terminal

6.) hit enter and follow the onscreen instructions to install. (it will take 3-5 min to download)

run the SlingPlayer application

works well over wireless and also full screen, i'd set the Slingplayer Optimization setting to Low CPU works fine, Sync voice and lip well now, the final step is to create a icon to launch the SlingPlayer easily Voila!!
Lifestyle App Bringing Sling to the eeePC will greatly enhance the eeePC usage on the road the 7" screen is obviously much better than my Nokia N95 and the CPU/RAM of the eeePC handles it well. its a perfect fit!   hope u find this useful, the credit of the install script goes to andyBBB at slingcommunity, way to go! Technorati Tags: eeePC,, Sling,, Mobile,, Lifestyle,, Slingmedia,, SlingPlayer,, Linux,, Wine

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