[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu question

[Thomas Mashos]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 1:56 PM Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On 28 Mar 2015, at 12:00 pm, "Stephen Worthington" <
> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:32:55 -0700, you wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm currently running Mythbuntu 0.28 / 14.04.  I'd like to do a clean
> >> install starting with 15.04 (want the newer linux core for its enhanced
> >> btrfs support).  I also use the machine as an Ubuntu Desktop.
> >>
> >> In the past, I've installed Mythbuntu and used Mythbuntu Control Centre
> to
> >> add the Ubuntu Desktop "role".  But I've occasionally had
> configuration/use
> >> issues (relating to some combination of gdm/lightdm and gnome/xfce/kde
> and
> >> auto-login) that made me think it's not exactly a "standard" Ubuntu
> >> install, i.e. the fixes for my problems were different than the fixes
> were
> >> for people with the same version vanilla Ubuntu).  But I really like the
> >> MythTV "environment" controlled by Mythbuntu Control Centre.  Also when
> I
> >> try to upgrade distributions it just flat-out fails.
> >>
> >> So I'm thinking I will install the standard Ubuntu 15.04, then add
> >> Mythbuntu Control Centre/Myth after that.
> >>
> >> My question is: Is there anything wrong with that plan (like I'll miss
> some
> >> feature of Mythbuntu)?  Or am I just wasting my time and I should just
> >> install Mythbuntu 15.04 to begin with?
> >
> > Mythbuntu is only supported on LTS versions, so installing it on 15.04
> > might be problematic.  Have you considered whether you could get the
> > btrfs improvements by installing the Hardware Enablement Stack to get
> > a later kernel?  That allows you to still use a supported Mythbuntu
> > 14.04 version:
> >
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack
> > _______________________________________________
>
> So what will Mythbuntu do? Will there be a 14.04.02 Mythbuntu or will it
> stick to 14.04.01 until 16.04?
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There already is a 14.04.2
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