[mythtv-users] Best distribution for MythTV

[Paul Gardiner]

I've been using OpenSUSE for years now, mainly because I know it better 
than other distributions, and my backend has also been my MTA and web 
server, so I need to know it reasonably well. But now I've made other 
arrangements for web and email, so I'm free to make the backend just 
that and nothing else. OpenSUSE has been good, and there is at least 
someone who kindly creates MythTV packages, but they're restrictive in 
terms of versions. At the moment, I cannot update OpenSUSE version 
without updating MythTV version at the same time, and I'd rather not. 
Also, neither the latest OpenSUSE or the one I'm on, gives me access to 
MythTV v31. So, I'm thinking this may be a chance to swap to a different 
distro. Any recommendations?

One thing I don't want to lose is kiwi. Kiwi allows me to build my 
frontend disc images on the backend and server them via AOE or write 
them to the frontend disc and control whether the frontend boots from 
AOE or disc from the backend. I never have to connect a keyboard or 
mouse to the frontend. I believe Kiwi was developed on OpenSUSE but now 
supports other distros.