[mythtv-users] Distribution reccomendations...?
Joshua Santelli
santellij at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 2 12:49:00 EDT 2003
I just installed Gentoo it for the first time. I like
it because it's fast (running and booting) and easy to
understand what's going on. It did take a while to
build/install all the things I needed for Mythtv.
However, I didn't run into any problems I didn't bring
on myself. That is except the HD failure last
night... :-\
Anyway, take a look. I think it's a good option and
I'm no expert. Even for my RH9 install I had to
rebuild the kernel. I do however miss `chkconfig` and
am still getting used to the small layout changes from
RH.
Others might know more about the hardware you have but
my guess is you shouldn't have any problems.
--- Vernon Graner <vern at txis.com> wrote:
> Question for the more knowledgable in the list...
>
> I have a machine that is stripped and ready to go
> for a Myth build, but I
> am oscillating on a choice for a flavor of linux to
> place as the
> foundation for myth. So far I have tried out Debian
> (woody), Redhat 9 and
> Mandrake 8 on the hardware I have and each seems to
> be comfortable and
> stable enough, but I want to get somefeedback on
> what would be the best
> distro to use for a stable myth setup.
>
> The hardware is:
>
> AMD 1800XP
> 512m DDR ram
> FIC AN11 motherboard (VIA chipset/embedded Audio)
> ATI All In Wonder pro AGP card (for playback and 2nd
> tuner capture)
> Hauppage PVR-250 card (for capture)
>
> I'm looking to use this as a project to
> replace/augment my ReplayTV unit
> and it needs to be STABLE since my wife and son are
> used to the replay
> and it's "just turn it on and it works" style of
> performance.
>
> So.... before I get down the Myth road only to find
> there are "issues"
> with my chosen distro, any suggestions/comments
> would be very welcome. :)
>
> Vern
>
> --
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> down, then you're
> Senior Systems Engineer | obviously incompetent
> so why are we
> Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course,
> if the network
> vern at txis.com www.txis.com | is up, then we
> obviously don't need
> Cell 507-7851 Desk 328-8947 | you, so why are we
> paying you?" VLG
>
>
>
>
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