[mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???

Lonnie Borntreger myth at borntreger.com
Sun Jan 15 23:09:56 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 22:04 +0100, Rick van der Mieden wrote:
> I need some opinions here please.
>  
> I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and
> for a mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for
> my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing
> dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is
> running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a
> complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for
> a cd frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think.
>  
> How's fedora nowadays..... is it the same story as with the
> dependencies of suse?
>  
> Some experiences are welcome

I run Mandriva on my Compaq 1250 (1GHz mobile Athlon) with 128M RAM and
use that as a MythTV frontend when in my office doing work with my
desktop.  No problems at all.

Lonnie Borntreger





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