[mythtv-users] Mythtv Success

[Robert Kulagowski]

> Any problems getting components to work with Linux?  Any caveats regarding
> the design?  Do standard PCI cards fit ok?

The design (unless Asus is reading this newsgroup and realizes they made 
some boneheaded errors and has fixed them) is such that you're going to 
have problems with "tall" cards, like the the PVR-250's.

Here is my "bonehead" list:

o  SPDIF IN/OUT is only available in the front, behind a door, meaning 
if you want to use it you're breaking the clean "lines" of the Pundit.

o  Case is not tall enough for PVR-250's to fit easily.  Search the 
archives for my "Voiding the Pundit Warranty" message where I show how I 
cut away some metal to get two cards to fit.

o  Front power and drive activity LEDs are _super_ bright.

o  No IR port window

o  As far as I know, no one has figured out how to get the SD / MMC / 
etc card reader to work in Linux.

But, even with all that, I still think the Pundit makes a very nice 
frontend/backend machine if you can deal with the compromises the 
engineers made in the design of the SFF case.