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-- INTRODUCTION --------------------------------------------------------------
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LCDproc is a client/server suite including drivers for all kinds of nifty LCD
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devices. The server works with different display sizes and supports several
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serial devices: Matrix Orbital, Crystal Fontz, Bayrad, LB216, LCDM001
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(kernelconcepts.de), Wirz-SLI and PIC-an-LCD; some devices connected to
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the parallel port: HD44780, STV5730, T6963, SED1520 and SED1330; and also
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some displays connected via USB: CFontzPacket, CwLnx, IOWarrior, LIS2 and
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BWCT.
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Various clients are available that display things like CPU load, system load,
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memory usage, uptime, and a lot more.
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LCDproc also supports key or remote control input for controlling the clients.
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The client and the server use a TCP connection to communicate, so it is
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possible to have a client on a box in Sweden showing its stats on a LCD
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display in the United States.
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Our web site is located at http://lcdproc.org/
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For new versions and CVS go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcdproc/
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Check there first for new versions or updates. For remaining questions,
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you can ask the mailing list. For how to get on the mailing list, see
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the main web site.
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LCDproc was originally written by William W. Ferrell <wwf@splatwerks.org>
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and Scott Scriven <scriven@cs.colostate.edu>.
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-- INSTALLATION --------------------------------------------------------------
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Refer to the INSTALL file included with this archive for installation
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instructions (including how to connect the LCD to your system).
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-- CHANGES -------------------------------------------------------------------
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Woow... a lot. :)
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See the ChangeLog file for more details.
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-- HELPING OUT ---------------------------------------------------------------
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The first thing you should do is join the mailing list, to do so, go to out
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web site and click on MAIL and follow the instructions.
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If you get the urge to help out by writing code, take a look at the TODO
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file to see what we think that needs to be done. If you want to work on
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something, or you want to add something different, tell it on the
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mailing list. Maybe someone is already working on the part, and maybe someone
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has already writen something that you can use. New ideas are always welcome !
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To learn more about how LCDproc works, first have a look at the docs/
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directory. Some important things are documented there, but because this is
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still somewhat a big hacking project, some documentation will be missing ;)
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-- SPECIAL THANKS ------------------------------------------------------------
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LCDproc is a community effort, and as such we'd like to recognize everyone's
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efforts. We've tried to list all the people that have contributed in the
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CREDITS file. Thanks all !
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-- LEGAL STUFF ---------------------------------------------------------------
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LCDproc is Copyright (C) 1998-2006
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William Ferrell, Scott Scriven and many other contributors.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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The file COPYING contains the GNU General Public License.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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