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Thanks for all the input about favorite distros. For you Gentoo guys,
I think I'll pass. I'd like to actually watch some recordings once in
a while.... (just kidding). Sounds tempting to always be able to build
my own version of everything. But I think I'll leave the bulk of
building to those who know what they're doing and save my building for
things I HAVE to customize for some reason.<br>
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Isn't Ubuntu a Debian-derivative? I'm thinking I'll try Ubuntu again.
Lack of a root user made me a bit skeptical at first, but I found I
could easily create one and was happy again. I think its Debian roots
give it a strong foundation and it seemed to have a bigger pre-built
base of apps.<br>
<br>
Interesting the no one mentioned SUSE. Something about a "deal with
the devil" maybe?<br>
<br>
FC 5 has been doing pretty well, I must say. When I first installed
FC6, it wouldn't even boot. Took a long time before I could get it to
even run the updates. After struggling for a while I gave up. I'm
wondering if FC7 is better.<br>
<br>
My system is primarily Myth; frontend and backend combined. But it is
our media center. It's connected to our TV (37" LCD 1080p) and I have
a monitor where I work while "watching" TV (my wife watches TV while I
work). I play MP3's, burn DVD's and CD's, browse, code, explore with
GoogleEarth, you name it. But it has developed some problem of late:
analog recording on my PVR-500 causes system reboot. Put's a damper on
watching recordings when they're broken into chunks with holes where
the reboot took place. I don't know if power supply is the problem or
the PVR-500 or the MB. Since the Athlon 64 3200+ with AGP was a little
marginal for high def, I went for it and ordered a new dual core MB
with onboard video and processor, RAM and a PCIE video card. This will
give me true dual seat so I can really work while my wife watches
recordings and not have to compromise (I hope!). Hopefully Ubuntu will
find everything and install without issues (yea, right!).<br>
<br>
Wish me luck!<br>
<br>
DaveD<br>
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David Brodbeck wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Aug 7, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
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<pre wrap="">That being said, lots of people here use Debian and I hear great
things about its stability. However, it's also much slower to update
so you're stuck running old stuff a lot longer than quicker release
cycles like Fedora or Ubuntu.
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That depends a lot on how you run it. If you stick religiously with
the "stable" release, then yes, it's a lot slower. If you're more
adventurous and run "testing," you get about what other distributions
get, and if you run "unstable," you get all the bleeding-edge stuff.
I don't know if I'd recommend "unstable," because it breaks a lot,
but I've rarely had problems with "testing." I've also run mixed
installs, using apt-pinning -- "stable" with some packages from
"testing," or "testing" with some packages from "unstable" -- but
that's not really recommended because it can get you into dependency
hell.
I agree, though, that the best distribution to run MythTV on is
probably whichever one you're most comfortable with. That's a recipe
for a minimum of headaches.
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