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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bear with me on this one guys! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have just finished my first ever Linux install at
work to look at evaluating Nessus security scanning. I found Linux to be a
nightmare, mainly because I have never seen it before, and coming from a strong
windows background (MCSE) even the simplest things seemed strange - some
examples....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check system logs - where are they? what are they
called?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Install software and then go to start it up -
where is the icon? Where is the program kept? what is the equivalent of .exe in
linux? Grrrrrrrr - (find ./ -name...)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tell you this so you will understand how little
linux knowledge I have! As a result I decided to create myself a linux project
to teach me the basics and get to know my way around, because I do like the open
source model and think it is the way forward, so a Fedora HTPC is my pet
project.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My dual layer DVD drive and Hauppage WinTV PVR500
MCE dual tuner card have just been ordered. ( The card was chosen as I only have
1 PCI slot) I have an old Dell that I will use as a test box, with the
intention of building a socket 939 system (shuttle ST20G) if all goes OK.
I have been reading up and understand alot of drivers are in development (ivtv)
etc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those of you Linux Gurus who fancy a laugh, I
will be documenting the entire process as I feel it will be useful for other
newbies as alot of docs assume a level of linux knowledge that some people
just do not have. I am aware that there will be a hell of a lot of googling for
error messages, and probably alot of posting to this group, and I expect to have
less hair and a few very frustrating days/weeks before I am finished, but its
time to try something new and learn something along the way...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The one question I am not sure on is remote
controls, what is the best remote to use with the PVR 500 card, there seems to
be many options,( mainly radioshack) so I thought I would throw it out to
the community to see what was the most popular choice. We have many
universal/learning remotes in the UK, so I dont want to end up buying the wrong
one.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apprehensively yours...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Martin</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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