[mythtv-users] Xbox Gentoo Vs GentooX Vs Xebian

Fred Squires fsquires at gmail.com
Wed Dec 1 18:55:08 UTC 2004


On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:35:11 -0700, Greg Miller
<gregs_lists at millernet.ca> wrote:
>  
> 
> Hi, I just picked up a couple of used xboxes to used as frontends for
> Mythtv. I am now trying determine what Linux distribution I should use. I
> tried Xebian because it looked like the fastest way to setup s dedicated
> frontend. For some reason apt-get is failing. I see errors like "stdin: not
> in gzip format" I am running via ssh and the network seems to work for other
> apps (wget, lynx). 
> 
> Now I'm considering a Gentoo flavor. With the two choices being Gent00 and
> Gentoox, does one have much of an advantage over the other? Is Gentoo going
> to be more difficult than GentooX (drives, lirc, mpeg chip support, etc...) 
> 
> Any Tips, comments, and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> Greg. 
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With Xebian did you follow the instructions from http://bit.blkbk.com/?
They worked very well for me. 
BTW, (this might have changed) there were problems with the 1.1
version of Xebian and mythtv.  1.03 should be used instead.

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