I have been dabbling with the concept of a carputer for a couple of years and played around with various front ends. I really like Ride Runner because of the ease of skinning and configuration. However a must have for me is Bluetooth phone which to date I have not got to work yet. I know it's on your to do list but have you looked at all at this area?
I would really like to go for Linux solution, and I had high hopes for Meego but this project seems to be moving v e r y s l o w l y, but these too don't seemed to have solved BT phone.
Also for me matching the Audi product is not a goal, something smart looking and in fitting with the car will do, or something I can skin.
For these reasons I had settled on Centrafuse as an all up finished product, and there as some pretty good add ons available including one that interfaces with VCDS. My main stubbling block athe moment is mounting a (touch) screen. I don't want an on dash one and with a pre FL D2 I only have a single DIN to play with. There aren't many suitable single DIN ready made solutions available so I am thinking I may have to build something myself, which is the planning stage I am at now.
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