<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Wow. Thanks to everyone for the
great feedback. I will make the transistion this weekend.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org wrote on 08/28/2007
09:49:03 PM:<br>
<br>
> On 8/28/07, joe.white@wachovia.com <joe.white@wachovia.com>
wrote:</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> I have used Fedora with my MythTV box since I first discovered this
<br>
> list a few years ago. Primarily, because of Jarod's guide. With
<br>
> the new release, I am considering switching over to Feisty Fawn to
<br>
> be consistent with my other Linux boxes. Naturally, I have been
<br>
> reading various install guides in an attempt to suss out how to best<br>
> accomplish my goal. I have not yet found what seems to be a
<br>
> complete HOWTO on the subject and I have the feeling that Myth on
<br>
> Feisty may be problematic, specifically with regards to sound and
<br>
> iirc. Am I reading things correctly? Or have I just beeen
reading <br>
> the gloomy postings? <br>
> <br>
> Thanks, <br>
> jw</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> I was in a similar situation a while back. All my myth boxes
were <br>
> on Fedora; but my desktop had wandered from distro to distro until
I<br>
> found Ubuntu. Once I had locked into Ubuntu for my personal
<br>
> workstation, I found alternating between Fedora and Ubuntu somewhat
<br>
> bothersome. <br>
> <br>
> Mario used to have a great how-to for Feisty posted on his website,
<br>
> which I used. It's no longer there. But the install is
almost as <br>
> easy as running Synaptic and installing the mythtv packages. I
am <br>
> sure that the links provided by others above will work well for you.
<br>
> <br>
> My biggest problem was getting lirc to work. Here is a site
that <br>
> gives a great how-to for lirc: https://help.ubuntu.<br>
> com/community/Install_Lirc_Feisty <br>
> <br>
> I have never regretted moving from Fedora to Ubuntu for my myth <br>
> boxes. But I still remember the nightmares over past struggles
with<br>
> package dependency conflicts with yum (and even SMART). Since
<br>
> moving to Ubuntu, I've never had any of those problems. <br>
> <br>
> Good luck.<br>
> <br>
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