[mythtv-users] What does Myth *really* require in terms ofwindowingr?

[Craig Partin]

On 7/27/06, Eric Ladner <eric.ladner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm..  That's a good idea.  You could have a diskless frontend server that
> booted off of a Bootable USB pen drive.  Those easily go to 4GB now-a-days.
> I should think it would be pretty easy to install a minimal FC5 distro,
> compile MythTV on a full FC5 box somewhere else, look at the library
> requirements, and bundle all that stuff up on the USB pen drive (including
> gnome, etc. for the window manager).
>
> That should easily be smaller than 4Gig.  It eliminates a heat source, a
> noise source and some of the power requirements from the front end (namely,
> the hard drive).  Of course, it'd be slower to boot because of reduced I/O
> bandwidth (the flash card, not the USB channel), but how often do you really
> reboot your Myth box anyway?
>
> Eric
>
>

That would also be a cool dual boot solution for thos who want to play
games on their nice monitors.  Just plug in the "other" usb stick for
gaming