[mythtv-users] New system coming: next Choosing an OS!

[Paul Bender]

stefan_jones at comcast.net wrote:
> I have a nice new host for my myth system on the way.  An Abit mb with NVIDIA chipset and gpu, AMD A64 X2 5200+ 2.7G, 4 gb of RAM.
> 
> My current box is running Fedora Core 7 and Myth .21. Now, I'm pretty used to dealing with Fedora, and I'm not keen on switching to another distribution, but it can't hurt to think about it. 
> 
> A bigger question: Not that I have a pretty stiff system with lots of RAM, should I think about installing 64 bit? Besides being able to get at more memory, are there any other advantages?

I suggest 64-bit CentOS 5.1. I am a 10+ year Red Hat distribution user, 
who was using Fedora Core 6 before switching to CentOS 5.1.

At the same time, I switched from 32-bit to 64-bit so that I could use 
all my machine's memory. MythTV has been more stable on my CentOS 5.1 
installation than on my Fedora Core 6 installation, so I am quite happy.

If there are benefits beyond the access to the memory, I have not 
noticed them. However, I have not looked for them because I did not have 
any bottlenecks before the switch and I do not have any bottlenecks now.