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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=210535722-15012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've got two laptops that run Fedora 4 and Knoppix. By far
the better of the two on the frontend duties is the Knoppix box... but that's a
more powerful machine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=210535722-15012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My Fedora laptop is actually only a PIII-class CPU
(500Mhz), but with a nice trim config (XFCE instead of one of the heavy WM's)
the performance is more than acceptable. Runs Myth playback pretty well for SD,
but for HD I wouldn't even attempt it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=210535722-15012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Depends a lot on what kind of stuff you're going to do with
it. I use my laptop primarily for "Office-type" applications; Email, Web, word
processing etc... I only really use Myth on my laptops for editing video
(creating cutlists, not cutting video).</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rick van der
Mieden<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion about mythtv'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop
linux distro???<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need some opinions
here please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to install
a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and for a mythfrontend. Question is
what is the best suitable distro for my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I
hate all those "missing dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my
backend is running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a
complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for a cd
frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I
think.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial size=2>How's fedora
nowadays..... is it the same story as with the dependencies of
suse?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Some </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>experiences are welcome</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=237445220-15012006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Rick</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>