Quick and easy way to turn you computer connected to the living rooms flat screen TV is to use boxee software.
http://www.boxee.tv/
Easy to install and configure plus it is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Here is a link to work around for ubuntu 11.04: http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2011/…natty.html
They have nice boxee app for iPhone as well which acts as your remote.Other nice option is XBMC which has even more options for installation: Linux, Mac, Windows, Apple TV and Live CD boot disk.
http://www.boxee.tv/
Easy to install and configure plus it is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Here is a link to work around for ubuntu 11.04: http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2011/…natty.html
They have nice boxee app for iPhone as well which acts as your remote.Other nice option is XBMC which has even more options for installation: Linux, Mac, Windows, Apple TV and Live CD boot disk.