[mythtv] Dual tuner card

[Merle Reine]

LindowsOS is Open Source and GPL and as such, I believe the source code
will be made available according to the GPL.  The real value in
LindowsOS is not the OS itself but rather the simplicity of the Click N
Run agent .  Non techie users (i.e. my mom, etc) would not even dream of
apt-get or rpm -i anything via konsole and I would not want them to as
it would be a support nightmare (it is bad enough helping her with
Microsoft Windows).  With the Click N Run Warehouse, you can select what
application you want and simply click on it and it installs, creates
start menu icons and / or desktop icons and you are all set.  Say you
want Star Office, click on it and it installs.  No need  to apt-get, rpm
-i, sh installer.sh, etc.

This will surely push Linux to the desktop as it will not be so scary
for first time users.

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 09:57, Micah Morton wrote:

> Interesting - I have a couple questions though. Once conexant releases a
> driver for linux, will it be only for lindowsOS? or will it be released
> for all linux variants?  I'm concerned about this because although I have
> nothing against lindowsOS and actually thing its pretty awesome, I feel
> dirty paying for closed source software. So, I may switch to lindows down
> the line, but for now, mandrake/debian will have to do.
> 
> Also, the other drivers developed for lindows... will they too be lindows
> only? or will the driver make its way to the linux market via open source?
>  Any info is GREATLY appreciated!
> 
> Let the year of the linux desktop begin!
> 
> --Micah Morton
> --Linux Network Test Engineer
> --Intel Corp
> 
> > Actually, I have had the head of driver development for Conexant in my
> > office all week working on the linux driver with our engineers (not a
> > "rep").  We should have a driver for the 23880/1 chip ready in a few
> > weeks.  I have already gotten it to work with 2.4.20 kernel and we are
> > working out a few bugs.
> >
> > You have to remember, this is the year of the "Linux Desktop".  Everyone
> > is in a mad scramble to catch up with the growing demand for linux on
> > the desktop.  As our company is at the forefront of the Linux Desktop
> > movement, I see the the demand for drivers first hand.  Almost on a
> > daily basis, I get calls from various hardware and chip makers and
> > vendors looking to develop or have us develop linux drivers for their
> > product.  Conexant happens to be one that contacted us and is urgently
> > looking to get out a linux driver for their latest chipset.
> >
> > I will keep you posted and as I love the MythTV project, I will make
> > sure that you guys are the first to know when we release the Conexant
> > driver for the 23880/1 chipset.
> >
> > --
> > Merle Reine <merle.reine at lindows.com>
> > Lindows.com Hardware Certification
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 19:52, Bruce Markey wrote:
> >> tarek Lubani wrote:
> >> > I don't for a moment believe that's genuine naivete...
> >>
> >> Busted ;-) I wanted Merle to think about how empty that
> >> non-promise is. In fact, my interpretation is that he was
> >> told "no" and didn't understand. "That should be possible",
> >> "we're currently exploring that", "this is on our list of
> >> future enhancments", "blah, blah, future release", and
> >> "this is a priority" are all polite ways for customers
> >> reps to say "no" and let the customer believe whatever
> >> they'd like without making any promises.
> >>
> >> --  bjm
> >>
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> > Merle Reine <merle.reine at lindows.com>
> > Lindows.com Hardware Certification
> >
> >
> >
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Merle Reine <merle.reine at lindows.com>
Lindows.com Hardware Certification
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