Entertainer: Upcoming media center app for Linux

Developer Lauri Taimila is working on an intriguing new Linux media center application called Entertainer that right now looks a lot like Apple's Front row but could eventually take on MythTV and Windows Media Center.

Right now there are two major limitations to Entertainer:

1. It does not support recording television programs
2. It's not actually available for download yet.

The second problem will probably be tackled before the first, which is why Entertainer is a bit more comparable to Front Row than Windows Media Center. The application presents an attractive interface for accessing downloaded movies, TV shows, music, images, and RSS feeds. But if the preview video above is anything to go by, once TV support is added, Entertainer could give full-featured Linux media center application MythTV a run for its money.

Entertainer uses large fonts and would probably look good on a TV screen assuming you've got a PC plugged into yours. The software is designed to work on Linux computers running the Gnome or Xfce desktop environments.

[via Digg]

Tags: entertainer, front-row, media-center, mythtv, windows-media-center