[mythtv-users] Whats the most stable system at the monent?

[Kyle Rose]

Travis Osterman <tosterman at gmail.com> writes:

> I don't know that you'll notice that you'll notice a stability
> difference between any *nix systems running Myth.  My guess is that
> any instability your system incurs is from the packages you install
> (ivtv, nvidia drivers, etc).

I disagree.  One big variable is the compiler: gcc-4.0, for instance,
is still pretty experimental and still often produces buggy code.  I
would recommend avoiding any distros (e.g., the Debian gcc4 AMD64
repository) that compile packages with gcc-4.0, because who knows what
kind of bug it might introduce into (say) libc.

Cheers,
Kyle