[mythtv-users] Ideas for family proofing the mythbox

[Zooka]

I'm looking for ways on how you have family proofed and made more 
friendly your mythbox for the non-techie kids or spouse.

Here's what I have done so far on my combined FE/BE;

- UPS to reduce power issues
- Auto power up if UPS runs out
- Disable power/reboot case buttons
- run mythfrontend in a loop so if it crashes it will restart automatically
- changed desktop background image to an informative message saying 
'congratulations, you crashed the mythbox.. please wait while it restarts'
- change Main Menu 'exit' button to something that isn't on the remote
- parental levels set
- setup password set
- rewrote menu theme for easier navigation with regards to how we use 
the mythbox
- any important events get emailed to me (mythfilldatabase, boot disk 
space over 90% full, frontend crash, etc..)
- actually teach them how to do things such as scheduling, ad skipping, 
music playing, etc..


That's all I can think of for now.  I look forward to hearing what you 
have implemented.

Regards,
Zooka.