If you are looking for a good myth distro I would advise you have a look at mythdora. Granted it's based on a redhat product, it's pretty much ready to go after install.<br>I have no problems using my Harmony 880 with it to control Mythfrontend, at the moment I have nothing bad to say about Mythdora
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote"><br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>> > Has anyone here used Linux MCE? I guess it is MythTV bundled and configured
<br>> > with Ubuntu and some other things. Looks amazing. Any testimonies?<br>><br>> search the list archives. it has come up a couple times in the past<br>> month with both positive and negative reviews. overall consensus was
<br>> that it has great potential for a Myth Distro, but to get all<br>> functionality advertised you have to use the same hardware the distro<br>> maintainer uses...<br>> _______________________________________________
<br><br>Pretty much the same response, with some added personal response:<br><br>Good potential, great piece of potential to bring Linux closer to<br>"mainstream". IMHO no way it compares to Standalone MythTV due to
<br>it's bulkiness. I purchased both hardware it's "supposed" to work on,<br>and hardware that other's have "tweaked" it to work on, and neither is<br>a cut and dry installation/setup from the point of a novice. I am
<br>quite comfortable with Linux and still had a good share of problems<br>that are considerably difficult to work around. Without a good<br>knowledge of how the core functionality (the DCERouter) works,<br>ultimately you are in the hands of the community (which is growing
<br>quickly, but is still relatively infant).<br><br>So, effort, looks and potential = 10<br>Usability, current-stability = 4<br>Learning curve is WAY to high (along with the stability issues) for me<br>to consider it as a home automation option right now. MisterHouse is
<br>far more stable and reliable as well as easy-to-setup/easy-to-use and<br>as such a much more "desirable" solution for me.<br><br>All of that with a tiny grain of salt...<br><br>-Chad<br>_______________________________________________
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