[mythtv-users] Operating System of choice ?

[Egeekial]

mythtv at sci.fi wrote:

> ". i use gentoo for backend and (for the time being) slackware-current 
> for frontend (tho' I want to move both to gentoo one of these days)"
> Can you tell me in short why you prefer gentoo over FC ? I'm trying to 
> get as much info as possible, so I don't have to do so much work going 
> back and forth with the platform, etc.
>
> Also I'm guessing FC4 is the one to select from FC ? I haven't had any 
> experience with FC, just Debian and some others, so don't know if 
> there's a reason to take an older version.
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I have a frontend/backend that's running Slackware-current in my living 
room, and I just built another box for my dorm room that's also going to 
be running Slack.

It's all a matter of opinion really. Fedora is one of the easier distros 
to setup and use, so I think that's why most people take that route.