[mythtv-users] Start with Mythbuntu or (K)Ubuntu for GP Workstation/Myth Front-end?

[Steve Peters - Priority Electronics]

>
>John Welch a écrit :
>> 
>> a while.  My question is would I be better off starting with 
>Mythbuntu 
>> and then adding things on from there, or starting with (K)Ubuntu and 
>> adding Myth on top of that?  Is is six of one or half dozen 
>of another?  
>> I use KDE on basically all my desktops, and while I run XFCE 
>on my eeePC 
>> and like it, I have a feeling I'll be going to KDE at some 
>point on this 
>> new distro. 
>> 


I would recommend just starting with mythbuntu.

If your main purpose for the box will be a myth box, then mythbuntu is the
way to go. It is much lighter on system ram than full ubuntu, and I have
found this a huge plus. When you boot plain old ubuntu up, Top shows it
using around 500mb of ram, but with mythbuntu, it is around 400mb of ram,
and that includes all the mythtv related stuff, like mysql, apache,
mythbackend, and mythfrontend.

Also, I don't think anyone in this thread has mentioned, but mythbuntu does
come with synaptic so you can install programs just the same way as in
regular ubuntu---via a nice gui.

Lastly, if you know which programs you're going to install, then mythbuntu
will give you a more streamlined system, as a lot of extras are installed
with regular ubuntu that you can't uninstall...like open office.

-Steve