[mythtv-users] ABSOULTE minimum requirements for frontend

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 12 June 2003 02:29 pm, Ben Davis wrote:
> Hey all,
> I'm brainstorming ideas for a good frontend, and I was wondering what
> the ABSOLUTE minimum requirements would be to install the frontend
> application, assuming I have a good backend server. Basically I'm
> wondering how small can I get away with?   Do I really need MySQL just
> to run a frontend? Is it possible to use TinyX? Do I need to install the
> entire KDE desktop or can I just install the required libraries?
>
> I'm looking at using linuxbios to get a really fast boot-time for my
> frontend design, which is my main goal. I'd like to have a frontend up
> and running from poweroff in about 5-10 seconds. (linuxbios.org boasts a
> 3 second boot), so you can see why I wouldn't want to have to load MySQL
> or KDE altogether. It would be ideal to be able to use a diskless system
> for this. Is that too far fetched?

There's no requirement on KDE at all, just Qt.  Need the mysql client libs on 
the frontend, not the server.

Isaac