[mythtv-users] Best distribution for MythTV

[Richard Shaw]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:07 AM Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:

> 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?
>

Well, I keep the Fedora packages up to date via RPM Fusion, and already
being used to a RPM based distro it would be an easier transition. Upgrades
between Fedora versions works way better than it used to 5+ years ago so
that's largely pain free as well.


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.
>

I've never used Kiwi but it appears to be available:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kiwi

Thanks,
Richard
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