[mythtv-users] frontend on windows XP

[AJ Hettema]

hi all,
 I agree with the fact that the kids are probably better of with Linux as 
with Winblows XP. But there is a small problem:
they need to use software from/fore school wich only runs on Windows XP.
I think I'll end up on installing 2 machine's anyway. for making it easy.
 And for the record, the youngest one (almost 5 years old) can't read, but 
knows how to login on a command line already :D,
and I will give them the local root password, cause you will only learn how 
computers work if you can screw them and install it all over again.
 greatings

 On 9/16/05, Dewey Smolka <dsmolka at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> >
> > A few suggestions...
> >
> > 1. Knoppmyth. Just document what ip addresses and other settings
> > need to be changed. Inconvenient, but easily the least expensive.
> 
> I'll second this, but with one caveat: you have to make sure that your
> Knoppmyth disc is the same Myth version as your BE or else you'll get
> db connection errors.
> 
> <snip>
> > 3. Ditch Windows. My kids use KDE on one of the myth frontends.
> > It was a little difficult for the first few weeks, but they have
> > adjusted fine and are able to do anything any of thier friends can do. 
> The
> > usb drive my 10 year old uses for school loads up fine from the
> > windows box at school to the linux box at home.
> >
> > Paul
> 
> I'll second this as well. It may seem impossible at first but there's
> really nothing outside of games on MS Windows that a good Linux system
> can't do (except maybe trojans, viruses, and DRM), and an awful lot on
> Linux that MS can't or won't do (generating pdfs, managing separate
> network interfaces and subnets, customizing, tweaking, scripting,
> logging, going months without a reboot, etc).
> 
> When I first built a Myth box about as year and a half ago, I was also
> looking for a way to make it work with my MS XP laptop. It didn't, at
> least not well, and was generally a pain.
> 
> I ended up installing FC3 and making it dual-boot, which solved all
> the Myth problems. It also means that I've been using MS a lot less as
> time has gone on, and don't really miss it at all (though I must admit
> I do still boot to MS from time to time to play Railroad Tycoon).
> 
> I guess the answer is that you can probably get some of the
> funtionality of Myth on MS Windows, but it's easier in the short-run
> to set up a dual boot or Linux-only system as a frontend, and better
> in the long-run for all of us -- as the Linux user base increases, so
> do the number and quality of apps, the level of hardware support from
> vendors, and the speed with which improvements are made and
> incorporated.
> 
> Also, it's a common misconception that computers in general and Linux
> in particular are difficult for kids. This couldn't be further from
> the truth -- just remember when you were young and were the only one
> in your house that could figure out how to program the VCR.
> 
> Give a kid MS Windows, and he'll (or she'll) learn how to point and
> click. Give a kid Linux and he'll learn how computers work. Don't give
> them the root password and there's only so much they can screw up.
> Can't say that about XP.
> 
> Good luck
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