[mythtv] Dual tuner card

[Micah Morton]

Honest? I was told that LindowsOS was closed source. As were all of its
utilities (including Click'n'Run). However, what you are saying is that
click'n'run may be available for other distro's as well?  If so, that
would be incredible!  I would love to tell people that my mother uses
linux. :) I've made the switch, but I would LOVE to see more people do the
same. Takes a lot of tweaking to get a linux desktop just the way you like
it. If you can eliminate the tweaking factor, it would be a very ideal
desktop. We need more games too. :)

--Micah Morton
--Linux Network Test Engineer
--Intel Corp

> 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