<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">William Munson</b> <<a href="mailto:william_munson@bellsouth.net">william_munson@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thom Paine wrote:<br><br>>I am considering moving from Fedora to Ubuntu.<br>>I'm comfortable with Fedora, but I am looking at more long term<br>>stability with Ubuntu using the server install that has an 18 month
<br>>support cycle.<br>><br>>I have a couple of glitched on my frontend and backend, so I am<br>>considering starting from scratch. It's just TV that I have recorded,<br>>and I can likely record most of it again, but I want to reorder my
<br>>drives a bit in the backend and move it to my server room.<br>><br>>I'm also switching from analog cable to Bell Expressvu satellite so I<br>>also have to switch to an irblaster to change channels.<br>
><br>>I'd like to keep the backend nice and light, and plan on makeing<br>>another frontend to replace the tv it is currently attached to. My<br>>other frontend has a few issues and I'm thinking a reinstall may fix
<br>>that up.<br>><br>>I have the ubuntu server install cd that is supposed to be nice and<br>>light, and I'd like to run a light window manager like fluxbox. Does<br>>anyone have a system running similar to this?
<br>><br>>Am I making too many changes to my setup that I won't get it working again?<br>><br>>My old boxes are FC4 and I don't think I want to bother upgrading them<br>>to FC6. I'd rather try installing something lighter.
<br>><br>>Thanks.<br>><br>><br>I cannot comment on most of the tasks you describe however as someone<br>who has recently tried many different distros I can say that setting up<br>mythtv on Ubuntu is a pain in the rear. You will need to manually
<br>compile things like ivtv and lirc which in the case of a pvr250 card<br>turned into a major pain. Other than that, its one of the best desktop<br>distros I have had the pleasure to use.<br><br>Just for my dedicated myth machine I stuck with FC 6. Only pain here is
<br>manully compiling the drivers for my wireless card.<br><br>Good luck!<br>Bill</blockquote><br>Sorry but you are totally wrong. I am using Ubuntu Edgy for both my MythTV boxes. The install is extremely easy. I am using IVTV with a hauppauge card and I didn't compile anything. Lirc is difficult on any distro, Ubuntu is no exception. I highly recommend Ubuntu for MythTV.
<br></div><br>-- <br>_____________<br>Ryan Patterson