[mythtv-users] OT: What does Fedora 8 really have to offer?

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Mon Nov 5 19:03:02 UTC 2007


On 5 Nov 2007 at 13:06, Support [ Ian Ward ] wrote:

> <Flame suit on>
> I'm thinking Ubuntu may be a better option as apt seems much smarter 
> than yum.
> Does Ubuntu handle major version upgrades better?
> 
For me, the whole Ubuntu philosopy gets in the way. No root? What's up with 
that?... Randomly generated MySQL password? No thanks... SUDO every 
time I have to do something as superuser?... Everytime?... Too much bother, 
and I don't need a Nanny.

I thought MythBuntu looked promising, but the install scripts are very... um... 
restricting? As long as you want your system built their way, then maybe, but 
I couldn't figure out how to set up raid0 with xfs.

The writeup on the Ubuntu community wiki says that you can turn an Ubuntu 
intallation into a MythBuntu system, but I couldn't get it work. Too many 
permission problems. I could not get into MySQL no matter what I tried. The 
"randomly generated" password wouldn't let me in, and I couldn't change it 
because... oh yeah, I couldn't get in!

So It's back to Fedora 7 for me. At least I can find my way around that 
distribution and hose it up as root it I want to.

Marvin


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